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stickybacks

stickybacks is the plural of stickyback.

Meaning of stickyback

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)

Questions about stickybacks

What is stickybacks the plural of?
Stickybacks is the plural of stickyback.

Words near stickybacks in the dictionary

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

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