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hairybacks

hairybacks is the plural of hairyback.

Meaning of hairyback

Noun

hairyback (plural hairybacks)

  1. A gastrotrich.
  2. (South Africa, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A white Afrikaner.
    • I couldn't care that the ous call me rooinek and sometimes whiterat because of my hair and face. At least I am not a hairyback I tell them.1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about hairybacks

What is hairybacks the plural of?
Hairybacks is the plural of hairyback.

Words near hairybacks in the dictionary

  1. hairy-soled conyrat
  2. hairy-soled conyrats
  3. hairy-tailed mole
  4. hairy-tailed moles
  5. hairyback
  6. hairybacks
  7. hairyfish
  8. hairyfishes
  9. hairyness
  10. hairytail mole
  11. hairytail moles

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