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pear-shaped
adjective as in egg-shaped
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Example Sentences
Morris Commercial said the reimagined van would retain a number of its original features, including the pear-shaped grille.
Another “zeitgeist” they warn of is the threat posed by “the k-shaped economy” going “pear-shaped if asset prices drop and hit the rich.”
Westinghouse built the silver, pear-shaped device in 1937 and it became known as the “world’s first industrial atom smasher.”
"I was doing really well until 22 miles when I blew it. I lost my balance and it all went a bit pear-shaped," he says.
If anything goes wrong or pear-shaped I'll come and get you'.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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