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slowbacks

slowbacks is the plural of slowback.

Meaning of slowback

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

Questions about slowbacks

What is slowbacks the plural of?
Slowbacks is the plural of slowback.

Words near slowbacks in the dictionary

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

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