narrowback
[nar-oh-bak]
- a person of slight build who is unfit for hard labor.
- Disparaging. a contemptuous term used to refer to an Irish-American.
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Origin of narrowback
1920–25
Usage note
This term was used by Irish immigrants to refer to the generation born in America.
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