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back-spin
back-spin n.
Brit. 
/ˈbakspɪn/
, /ˈbakspɪn/U.S. /ˈbækˌspɪn/
= underspin n./ˈbækˌspɪn/ΘΚΠ
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outswing1921
inswing1927
away swing1936
wrist-spin1960
1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize x. 200 He chipped at it [sc. the ball] with a lot of back-spin.
1920 E. R. Wilson in P. F. Warner Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) ii. 84 Back spin is undercut applied to the back half of the ball, and is more easily put on with a low action.
1926 Amer. Speech 1 632/1 Backspin, when put on the ball [in golf] brings a special kind of stop shot.
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