back-number

back number

noun
1.
an out-of-date issue of a serial publication.
2.
Informal. anything out-of-date.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism

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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

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Back-number is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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back number definition


  1. n.
    an old-fashioned person. (Like an out-of-print issue of a magazine.) : Some old back number wearing gaiters wants to have a word with you.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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