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등골

Pronunciation
등꼴
Part of speech
noun
Vocabulary level
none
Homonyms
2

spine; backbone

A set of bones from the neck to the butt that supports a vertebrate's back.

Idioms

등골(을) 빨아먹다[빼먹다]

suck[take out] and eat someone's backbone

To exploit or take another's fortune in every possible way.

등골(이) 빠지다

have one's backbone fall out

To go through all sorts of hardships.