backers-up
- plural of backer-up.
Example Sentences
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Michigan's defensive quarterback sometimes called for a four-man line with five backers-up.
From Time Magazine Archive
His two backers-up stood in a corner—half intimidated, half contemptuous of the country people.
From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
But this proposal by no means suited his ardent backers-up, who looked upon the whole affair as providential, and by no means to be burked.
From Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
