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sunback

American  
[suhn-bak] / ˈsʌnˌbæk /

adjective

  1. (of a garment) cut low to expose the back for sunbathing or coolness.

Etymology

Origin of sunback

sun + back 1

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While Schwab's pretty wife amazed St. Louis by playing golf in scanty shorts and a sunback bandanna, her husband rehearsed tirelessly for 14 hours a day.

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