| back number | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an issue of a newspaper, magazine, etc, that appeared on a previous date |
| 2. | informal a person or thing considered to be old-fashioned |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
back number definition
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back number
Dated, out of style. For example, That hat is really a back number, or The game has changed so fast that a player who returns to the circuit after several years' absence usually finds he or she is a back number. This term originally referred to back issues of periodicals, which are no longer newsworthy. [Late 1800s]