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boar n Comb boar's back: poorly formed hay-load shaped like the back of a male pig.
   M 71-39 [In hauling the hay from the field] another thing to guard against was making the load too rounded before it was built high enough. This was called 'boar's back' and [was] the bane of the builder's life.

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