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half-back

half-back noun: the scrum-half and the fly-half.

Noun

half-back (plural half-backs)

  1. the scrum-half and the fly-half
    • But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC

Forms of half-back

pluralhalf-backs

Questions about half-back

What does half-back mean?
Half-back means the scrum-half and the fly-half.
What part of speech is half-back?
Half-back is a noun.
What is the plural of half-back?
The plural of half-back is half-backs.

Words near half-back in the dictionary

  1. half-assedness
  2. half-assery
  3. half-asses
  4. half-assing
  5. half-awake
  6. half-back
  7. half-backs
  8. half-baked
  9. half-bakedness
  10. half-bakeds
  11. half-ball

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