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Michigan's defensive quarterback sometimes called for a four-man line with five backers-up.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.)

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)