"Crookback" Quotes from Famous Books
... seemed to grow larger to Breant's eyes, and his objections to dwindle proportionately. "A queer whim, crookback," he said. ... — The Duke's Motto - A Melodrama • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... had a brother Simon, a roystering blade and lawless adventurer, who disappeared some years before his elder brother's death. Little was known of him except that he was supposed to have closed a brawling career on the field of Bosworth, when Richard the Crookback was killed and the short-lived dynasty ... — The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees |