Bull-necked
having a short, thick neck.
Historical Examples
Operation Haystack Frank Patrick Herbert
The Cavalier George Washington Cable
The U.P. Trail Zane Grey
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 Victor Rousseau
The Eyes of the World Harold Bell Wright
1492 Mary Johnston
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal Robert Sydney Bowen
Since Czanne Clive Bell
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria Henry Morton Stanley
adjective
having a short thick neck
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