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half-backs

half-backs is the plural of half-back.

Meaning of half-back

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

Questions about half-backs

What is half-backs the plural of?
Half-backs is the plural of half-back.

Words near half-backs in the dictionary

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

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