back row

noun

rugby Union
1. the forwards at the rear of a scrum
2. ( as modifier )
  an Australian back-row forward

Juror No. 4, in the back row, closed his eyes while listening.

Juror number eleven, a mechanic sitting in the back row, adopts a similar posture.

Several jurors in the back row leaned forward to take a good look.

Some excelsior lay upon the shelf, which had evidently been stuffed between the ticking object and the back row of cans.

The prefects, instead of lolling disdainfully in the back row, were ranged like councillors beneath the central throne.

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

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.

In the back row near the door he caught a glimpse of a short little man whose sharp-featured face gave him a start.

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