back numbern.

Etymology: back adj. 3b, number n. 4.

A number of a magazine, periodical, etc., earlier than the current one; hence colloquial (originally U.S.), one who or a thing which is behind the times, out of date, or useless.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > back number

back number1812

back issue1853

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned

fogramity1796

fossil1844

back number1882

vieux jeu1896

dinosaur1899

Model T1909

old hat1911

throwback1923

museum piece1928

geriatric1977

1812 Niles' Reg. 1 392/2 To reprint certain back numbers of the register.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 308/2 The sum expended annually in the streets for back numbers of periodicals amounts to upwards of £700.

1866 Boy's Friend 3 575/2 All the back numbers of the Boy's Friend are in print.

1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 153 Some old back number of a girl who has no fellow who wants to go.

1888 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Aug. 115/3 He needs to be thrice armed who steps into the arena, as Mr. Lowell has done, laden with ‘back numbers’.

1892 Congress. Rec. Apr. 2964/1 We have not many Indians left in Minnesota. The Indian is a back number there.

1896 R. G. Knowles & M. Morton Baseball 89 The season contained many surprises, and pitchers who were sarcastically referred to as ‘back numbers’ sprang up when least expected.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 4 Dec. 2/3 There are now so many competing forms of transport..that the steamboat seems to be doomed to be what is in current terminology called a ‘back number’.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. iv. 27 Lady Alison..finding a certain poignancy in contact with the New Age, on Fleur's copper floor. On that floor she almost felt a back number.

1945 ‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm 36 Snowball had made a close study of some back numbers of the Farmer and Stockbreeder.

1961 Times 18 May 5/3 A veteran who..has already proved that he is no back-number.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1902 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 12 These old hand-power, back-number, flint-and-steel reaping machines.

1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xi. 286 Let us say repugnant to some back-number criminal law.

Derivatives

back-number v. transitive to treat as a ‘back number’; to set aside as useless.

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1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold vi. 140 I said, you lied when you told me Norvice was back numbered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	back number
释义	back numbern. Etymology: back adj. 3b, number n. 4. A number of a magazine, periodical, etc., earlier than the current one; hence colloquial (originally U.S.), one who or a thing which is behind the times, out of date, or useless. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > back number back number1812 back issue1853 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > something that is old-fashioned fogramity1796 fossil1844 back number1882 vieux jeu1896 dinosaur1899 Model T1909 old hat1911 throwback1923 museum piece1928 geriatric1977 1812 Niles' Reg. 1 392/2 To reprint certain back numbers of the register. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 308/2 The sum expended annually in the streets for back numbers of periodicals amounts to upwards of £700. 1866 Boy's Friend 3 575/2 All the back numbers of the Boy's Friend are in print. 1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 153 Some old back number of a girl who has no fellow who wants to go. 1888 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Aug. 115/3 He needs to be thrice armed who steps into the arena, as Mr. Lowell has done, laden with ‘back numbers’. 1892 Congress. Rec. Apr. 2964/1 We have not many Indians left in Minnesota. The Indian is a back number there. 1896 R. G. Knowles & M. Morton Baseball 89 The season contained many surprises, and pitchers who were sarcastically referred to as ‘back numbers’ sprang up when least expected. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 4 Dec. 2/3 There are now so many competing forms of transport..that the steamboat seems to be doomed to be what is in current terminology called a ‘back number’. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. iv. 27 Lady Alison..finding a certain poignancy in contact with the New Age, on Fleur's copper floor. On that floor she almost felt a back number. 1945 ‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm 36 Snowball had made a close study of some back numbers of the Farmer and Stockbreeder. 1961 Times 18 May 5/3 A veteran who..has already proved that he is no back-number. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1902 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 12 These old hand-power, back-number, flint-and-steel reaping machines. 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xi. 286 Let us say repugnant to some back-number criminal law. Derivatives back-number v. transitive to treat as a ‘back number’; to set aside as useless. ΚΠ 1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold vi. 140 I said, you lied when you told me Norvice was back numbered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1812
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