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hunchbacked
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hunchbacked1
1590–1600; blend of huckbacked see ( humpbacked ) and bunchbacked
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One of the most well-known is Shakespeare's Richard III, the scheming hunchbacked king.
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That is, the hunchbacked hangman’s line from “Blazing Saddles”: “This one is a doozy.”
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One hundred wedding trunks could not buy Awaiting Marriage even a hunchbacked, lame-footed husband.
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Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is approached at night by a mysterious man who says he’s an assassin for hire, should Rigoletto ever need such services.
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He was probably frowning, deep in character as Richard III, the conniving, hunchbacked king of England, but inside, Halsey was chuckling away.
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