back number

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noun

an out-of-date issue of a serial publication.

Informal. anything out-of-date.

Origin of back number

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby back number

back molding, backmost, back-mutate, back mutation, back nine, back number, back o' beyond, back o' Bourke, back of, back of beyond, back of Bourke

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Example sentences from the Web for back number

I had never even seen a bomb before, and always associated them with the playful humor of the now back-number anarchist.
Fighting the Boche Underground|Harry Davis Trounce
He had judged Dunwoodie old, back-number, living in the past.
The Paliser case|Edgar Saltus
He understands the business as none of us back-number, old-fashioned ones do; he took hold and shook some life into it.
The Flying Mercury|Eleanor M. Ingram
No scoutin' around for back-number restaurants, as I'd planned at first.
Torchy and Vee|Sewell Ford

He smiled wanly and asked for his mail, which consisted only of a pile of back-number copies of a newspaper.
Land of the Burnt Thigh|Edith Eudora Kohl

British Dictionary definitions for back number

back number

noun

an issue of a newspaper, magazine, etc, that appeared on a previous date

informal a person or thing considered to be old-fashioned

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with back number

back number

Dated, out of style. For example, That hat is really a back number, or The game has changed so fast that a player who returns to the circuit after several years' absence usually finds he or she is a back number. This term originally referred to back issues of periodicals, which are no longer newsworthy. [Late 1800s]

单词	back number
释义	back number SEE SYNONYMS FOR back number ON THESAURUS.COM noun an out-of-date issue of a serial publication. Informal. anything out-of-date. Origin of back number An Americanism dating back to 1805–15 Words nearby back number back molding, backmost, back-mutate, back mutation, back nine, back number, back o' beyond, back o' Bourke, back of, back of beyond, back of Bourke Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for back number I had never even seen a bomb before, and always associated them with the playful humor of the now back-number anarchist. Fighting the Boche Underground\|Harry Davis Trounce He had judged Dunwoodie old, back-number, living in the past. The Paliser case\|Edgar Saltus He understands the business as none of us back-number, old-fashioned ones do; he took hold and shook some life into it. The Flying Mercury\|Eleanor M. Ingram No scoutin' around for back-number restaurants, as I'd planned at first. Torchy and Vee\|Sewell Ford He smiled wanly and asked for his mail, which consisted only of a pile of back-number copies of a newspaper. Land of the Burnt Thigh\|Edith Eudora Kohl British Dictionary definitions for back number back number noun an issue of a newspaper, magazine, etc, that appeared on a previous date informal a person or thing considered to be old-fashioned Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with back number back number Dated, out of style. For example, That hat is really a back number, or The game has changed so fast that a player who returns to the circuit after several years' absence usually finds he or she is a back number. This term originally referred to back issues of periodicals, which are no longer newsworthy. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to back number old, out-of-date, obsolete, archaic, antiquated, outmoded, antique, age-old, venerable, hoary, old-fashioned, timeworn, antediluvian, bygone, elderly, fossil, relic, aged, remote, oldie
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back number

noun

Origin of back number

Words nearby back number

Example sentences from the Web for back number

British Dictionary definitions for back number

noun

Idioms and Phrases with back number

Words related to back number