Bunch-backed

Bunch´-backed`


a.1.Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Dr Phil Stone, chairman of the Richard III Society, said: "Examination of Richard III's remains shows that he had a scoliosis, thus confirming that the Shakespearean description of a 'bunch-backed toad' is a complete fabrication - yet more proof that, while the plays are splendid dramas, they are also most certainly fiction not fact.
Richard III 'was not a hunchback toad'
HE was one of William Shakespeare's most ruthless villains, dubbed a "bunch-backed toad".
We had a hunch it wasn't true; Richard III's remains show he didn't have a hump back BONE IDOL
While Richard III was not "the foul bunch-backed toad" that Shakespeare made him out to be, his skeleton indicates he had scoliosis that developed sometime after about age 10.
A notorious king's life and death, revealed by his mortal remains: skeleton of Richard III reflects a violent and chaotic end
Rhys Warrington, in Mosley jackboots, as "that bottle spider, that foul bunch-backed toad" powerfully presented the devious Richard, bringing vividly to mind Macbeth's: "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on th' other (side)".
Doubling up proves no bar to success; REVIEW Richard III, West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company, Margam Park
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