Backbar
Shipbuilding. a short length of angle iron fitted over flanges of two angle irons butted together side by side to connect or reinforce them.
a construction of shelves and counter space behind a bar, used for storing bottles, glasses, etc.
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any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers. Contemporary Examples All the bed wetters and second guessers are now weighing in from the back bench. In Defense of Clint Eastwood: Oddity Aside, GOP Convention Succeeded Mark McKinnon August 30, 2012 Historical Examples The luckless form of the youthful Lawkins, pale and scared, rose […]
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