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backswept

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back⋅swept

  [bak-swept]
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–adjective
1. slanting backward or away from the front.
2. Aeronautics. sweptback.
Origin:
1915–20; back 2 + swept
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back·swept   (bāk'swěpt')   
adj.  Swept, angled, or slanting backward: a backswept hairstyle.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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