narrowbackn.
/ˈnarəʊbak/, U.S. /ˈnɛroʊˌbæk/ 1. Physical Anthropology. In racial classification: a slimly built person of tall stature. Now disused.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person
lungis1572
gangrel1582
slangrel1592
maypole1600
slangam1611
mackerel-back1674
spider-catcher1699
gilly-gaupus?1719
tangle1778
beanpole1798
windlestraw1818
lankyc1863
narrowback1921
leptosome1931
string-bean1936
streak1941
1921 Science 21 Oct. 372/1 It is not difficult to see the differences between the carnivorous and herbivorous types of Bryant..; between the narrowback and broadback of Goldthwait [‘narrow-backed’ in original]; [etc.].
1926 Q. Rev. Biol. 1 384 The Broad-back and the Narrow-back are the same as the Mesomorph and Hypermorph.
2. U.S. slang.
a. depreciative. A person who does not engage in manual labour. rare.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun]
white-collar1922
narrowback1930
black coat1940
1930 H. W. Shoemaker Thirteen Hundred Old Time Words 42 Narrowback, a man too weak to engage in hard labor.
1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 39 Narrow back, dishwasher; cashier.
b. derogatory. A United States citizen of Irish ancestry.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
1933 Amer. Mercury Sept. 127 Narrowback, a descriptive term applied by native-born Irish to those of American birth. Used in the East, esp. N.Y. Its implication is a compound of contempt & envy: ‘What, give to that fella, an' him a narra-back?’ Not heard in Ireland.
1957 N.Y. Times 29 Sept. x3 William Joseph Patrick (Pat) O'Brien, a Milwaukee-born Irishman or narrowback.
1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill ii. 56 You went out and married the same kind of commoner he always was himself, and a narrowback to boot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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