Definition of "wrynecked" []

• Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck. (adjective)

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• "In numbers they were six or eight, led by a small, wrynecked man that held a long staff, and wore a gilt chain over his furr'd collar."
• "Beside him stands Father Coffey, chaplain, toadbellied, wrynecked, in a surplice and bandanna nightcap, holding sleepily a staff twisted poppies.) _"