Actually, "bunch-back'd" is Shakespeare's word -- at least in my Riverside. Queen Margaret says to Queen Elizabeth:
Poor painted queen, vain flourish of my fortune,
Why strew'st thou sugar on that bottled spider,
Whose deadly web ensnareth thee about?
Fool, fool, thou whet'st a knife to kill thyself.
The day will come that thou shalt wish for me
To help thee curse this poisonous bunch-back'd toad.
Last edited by Chris O'Carroll; 02-17-2013 at 01:52 PM.
Reason: As Brian rightly notes, I transcribed that last line wrong.
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