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cold-backs

cold-backs is the plural of cold-back.

Meaning of cold-back

Noun

cold-back (countable and uncountable, plural cold-backs)

  1. A syndrome in which a horse refuses to accept anything on its back (often a symptom of chronic lower back soreness)
    • It is difficult to compare the human counterpart of what Jeffcott describes as another 'well known' problem in horses, namely, "cold-back".1980, R Grahame, Low Back Pain - Volume 2, page 16
  2. A horse with cold-back.
    • "Guess he's a cold-back," Slim observed when Blackie had calmed down somewhat.1996, Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson, Gold Rush: North to Alaska and the Klondike, page 33

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Questions about cold-backs

What is cold-backs the plural of?
Cold-backs is the plural of cold-back.

Words near cold-backs in the dictionary

  1. cold working
  2. cold works
  3. cold-aridiphilous
  4. cold-avoidant
  5. cold-back
  6. cold-backs
  7. cold-blooded
  8. cold-bloodedly
  9. cold-bloodedness
  10. cold-brew coffee
  11. cold-brew coffees

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