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backlins

American  
[bak-linz] / ˈbæk lɪnz /
Also backlings

adverb

Scot. and North England.

  1. backward; back.

Etymology

Origin of backlins

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bakling, Old English on bæcling “backwards”; back 1, -ling 2 -s 1

Example Sentences

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To gae backlins, to walk backwards, like a ropemaker.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

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