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hark backs

hark backs is the plural of hark back.

Meaning of hark back

Noun

hark back (plural hark backs)

  1. An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.
  2. (figuratively) An act of alluding, returning, or reverting (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, an act of evoking, or longing or pining for (a past era or event).

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What is hark backs the plural of?
Hark backs is the plural of hark back.

Words near hark backs in the dictionary

  1. Harjo
  2. Harjos
  3. Harju County
  4. hark
  5. hark back
  6. hark backs
  7. hark who's talking
  8. hark-back
  9. hark-backs
  10. harka
  11. Harkabi

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