Definitions for backs
backs

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1. Backs

   among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. backs

   The outermost boards of a sawn tree.

How to pronounce backs?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say backs in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of backs in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of backs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of backs in a Sentence

1. Anneken Tappe Harris:

   The eight biggest pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies last year profited $72 billion on the backs of people like the families that we are talking about that have been overwhelmed by this crisis, which is a public health epidemic, and they knew what they were doing.

2. Jim Colucci:

   Bea was offended, when the writers called Rose [Betty White] dumb or Blanche [Rue McClanahan] a slut or Sophia [Estelle Getty] old, it could roll off those women’s backs because they were not like their characters.

3. Jonah Blank:

   Iran backs Shi’a groups and Saudi Arabia backs ones that adhere to Saudi Arabia own strain of Sunni Muslims doctrine, iran sees this as a largely defensive operation – protecting co-religionists against a violent onslaught that the Pakistan state is unwilling or unable to stave off.

4. Glenn Green:

   Now these children are home with their families. Instead of lying on their backs for weeks, these children are now learning to stand and run.

5. Mark Kern:

   The taxpayers of St. Clair County can't afford to balance the state's budget on our backs.

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