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Breast-high

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Breast´-high`
a.1.High as the breast.
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Adv.1.breast-high - up to the breast; "we were standing breast-high in the water"
breast-deep
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In such a Dismal Swamp does the new house stand, and through it does the Secretary daily struggle breast-high.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
As she rode alone, the fronds of breast-high ferns seemed to caress her with outstretched and gently-detaining hands; strange wildflowers sprang up through the parting underbrush; even the granite rocks that at times pressed closely upon the trail appeared as if cushioned to her contact with star-rayed mosses, or lightly flung after her long lassoes of delicate vines.
Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context
For a moment perhaps I stood there, breast-high in the almost boiling water, dumbfounded at my position, hopeless of escape.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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