Backswordman
a person who uses a backsword.
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- Back talk
an impudent response; impudence. to answer back. contemporary examples push back more—with votes, with money, and with plenty of back talk! how women (and men) can have it all—now elizabeth gregory june 26, 2012 historical examples the first thing, sir, is that im going to be obeyed, without question and without any back talk. cursed […]
- Back the wrong horse
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing. a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion. any of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and -ss, […]
- Back to the salt mines
back to the salt mines adverb phrase returned to hard work and unremitting discomfort after a period of relative ease and pleasure: i had a week off, then back to the salt mines [1920s+; fr the tradition of russian penal servitude in siberian salt mines] resume work, usually with some reluctance, as in with my […]
- Back to the wall
also, back against the wall. in a hard-pressed situation; also, without any way of escape. for example, in the closing few minutes, our team had its back to the wall but continued to fight gallantly, or the bank has him with his back to the wall; he’ll have to pay up now. this term was […]
- Back-trail
to backtrack. historical examples an’ i waited there all afternoon till dark, expectin’ mebbe they’d back-trail. the man of the forest zane grey “but, jim, i’ll never be able to find the back-trail,” said joan. the border legion zane grey after a while the foot-fall again gained upon him, and once more the walk merged […]