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slowback

slowback noun: a lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

Noun

slowback (plural slowbacks)

  1. (archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
    • The slowbacks and lazie bones will none of this1619, John Favour, Antiquitie triumphing over Noveltie

Forms of slowback

pluralslowbacks

Origin of slowback

From slow + back.

Questions about slowback

What does slowback mean?
Slowback means a lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
What part of speech is slowback?
Slowback is a noun.
What is the plural of slowback?
The plural of slowback is slowbacks.

Words near slowback in the dictionary

  1. slow-wittedness
  2. slow-worm
  3. slow-worms
  4. Slowaris
  5. slowass
  6. slowback
  7. slowbacks
  8. slowbalization
  9. slowball
  10. slowballed
  11. slowballing

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