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Definition of Pigeon-breasted

1. Adjective. Having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeon-breasted

pifflers piffles piffling pig pig pig's ears pig-a-back pig-headedly pig-jawed pigbel

pigboat pigboats pigeon pigeon pigeon's milk pigeon-breasted (current term) pigeon-hearted pigeon-livered pigeon-pea plant pigeon-toed

pigeoned pigeonfoot pigeonhole pigeonholed pigeonholer pigeonholers pigeonholes pigeonholing pigeoning pigeonite

Literary usage of Pigeon-breasted

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1. On the wasting diseases of infants and children by Eustace Smith (1888)
"There is a third variety, which is a form of the pigeon- breasted thorax. ... This variety of pigeon- breasted thorax is distinguished from the ..."

2. Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens (1840)
"All the gentlemen were very pigeon-breasted and very blue about the beards, and all the ladies were miraculous figures; and all the ladies and all the ..."

3. Researches Into the Pathology and Treatment of Deformities in the Human Body by John Bishop (1852)
"... effects of lateral curvature on the ribs ; effects of curvature in the mesial plane ; figure of ribs in pigeon-breasted persons ; effects of distortions ..."

4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1861)
"How is this last form of thorax to be distinguished from the pigeon-breasted thorax of rickets ? In the early stage there is no danger of confounding the ..."

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