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stickyback

stickyback noun: a small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.

Noun

stickyback (plural stickybacks)

  1. (historical) A small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.
    • She did not need a passport, but Michael advised her to get a few snapshots. So she went and had some "stickybacks" taken.1939, Madeleine Elise Reynier Boyd, Life Makes Advances
  2. (historical) A sticker used as propaganda.
    • In Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, etc., one sees posters and stickybacks everywhere demanding the release of Thaelmann.1952, United States. Congress Senate, Hearings (volume 4, page 4235)

Forms of stickyback

pluralstickybacks

Origin of stickyback

From sticky + back.

Questions about stickyback

What does stickyback mean?
Stickyback means a small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.
What part of speech is stickyback?
Stickyback is a noun.
What is the plural of stickyback?
The plural of stickyback is stickybacks.

Words near stickyback in the dictionary

  1. sticky-taped
  2. sticky-tapes
  3. sticky-taping
  4. sticky-up
  5. sticky-uppy
  6. stickyback
  7. stickybacks
  8. stickybeak
  9. stickybeaked
  10. stickybeaking
  11. stickybeaks

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