back row


noun(functioning as singular or plural)
  1. rugby Union

    • the forwards at the rear of a scrum

    • (as modifier): an Australian back-row forward

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How to use back row in a sentence

  • I sat in the back row of seats, under the shadow of the gallery, where I could see him without his seeing me.

    The New Magdalen | Wilkie Collins
  • He placed the two chairs in the back row close to the door of the smaller room and motioned to the two men to sit.

    Mary-'Gusta | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In the back row near the door he caught a glimpse of a short little man whose sharp-featured face gave him a start.