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Razor-backed   /rˈeɪzər-bækt/   Listen
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Razor-backed  adj.  (Zool.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.






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"Razor-backed" Quotes from Famous Books



... into and out of crevasses and holes of all sorts, we made our way along under the cliffs which rose higher and higher above us as we neared the black lava precipices which form Cape Crozier itself. We straddled along the top of a snow ridge with a razor-backed edge, balancing the sledge between us as we wriggled: on our right was a drop of great depth with crevasses at the bottom, on our left was a smaller drop also crevassed. We crawled along, and I can tell you it ...
— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard



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