pigeon breast

noun

, Pathology.

1. chicken breast.

pigeon breast

noun

1. a deformity of the chest characterized by an abnormal protrusion of the breastbone, caused by rickets or by obstructed breathing during infancy Also calledchicken breast

Other Words From

• pigeon-breasted adjective
• pigeon-breasted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigeon breast¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

He was a meagre little fellow, with a long neck and a white face and sunken cheeks, a pigeon breast, and a big stomach.

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Either light grey swan sides, or light grey pigeon breast feathers for the wing and legs.

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He is an old, old man with a weazen face, and the remains of a pigeon-breast in his military surtout.

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Ambition, the vice of great souls, burned within Spofford's pigeon-breast.

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