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back grays

back grays is the plural of back gray.

Meaning of back gray

Noun

back gray (plural back grays)

  1. (US, historical) A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.

Questions about back grays

What is back grays the plural of?
Back grays is the plural of back gray.

Words near back grays in the dictionary

  1. back garden
  2. back gardens
  3. back gate
  4. back gates
  5. back gray
  6. back grays
  7. back ground
  8. back grounds
  9. back history
  10. back hole
  11. back home

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