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Catch-22
- One behind the other, the squadrons marched up the field, executed a cumbersome turn around the reviewing stand and marched down the field and back to their barracks.†
Chpt 8 *
- He lowered his head in shame, his cumbersome face burning.†
Chpt 19
- Snowden was lying on his back on the floor with his legs stretched out, still burdened cumbersomely by his flak suit, his flak helmet, his parachute harness and his Mae West.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(cumbersome) difficult to handle -- especially because of size or shape or weight
or:
not elegant or graceful in expression