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pigeon-chested

pigeon-chested adjective: having a pigeon chest.

Adjective

pigeon-chested (comparative more pigeon-chested, superlative most pigeon-chested)

  1. Having a pigeon chest.
    • Barça had frozen. Alexander-Arnold saw it, caught Divok Origi’s eyes and pinged the perfect cross for a double-take of a winning goal. This was a 20-year-old local lad, product of down the road, out-thinking Barcelona, making them look like callow, pigeon-chested schoolboys.2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian

Forms of pigeon-chested

comparativemore pigeon-chested
superlativemost pigeon-chested

Questions about pigeon-chested

What does pigeon-chested mean?
Pigeon-chested means having a pigeon chest.
What part of speech is pigeon-chested?
Pigeon-chested is an adjective.

Words near pigeon-chested in the dictionary

  1. pigeon tremex
  2. pigeon's blood
  3. pigeon's milk
  4. pigeon-blood
  5. pigeon-breasted
  6. pigeon-chested
  7. pigeon-hearted
  8. pigeon-hole
  9. pigeon-holed
  10. pigeon-holes
  11. pigeon-holing

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