pigeon-chested

adjective

Having a pigeon chest.

Meanings

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