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backed

/bækt/ adjective B2
  1. Having specified type of back. · a high-backed chair· sway-backed
  2. Having specified type of backing. · asset-backed securities
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Charles’ head was still firm on his shoulders when this little brown-backed volume was struck off.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 49 · B2
So he backed out of the cave mouth growling, and when he was clear he shouted:
The Jungle Book, p. 6 · B2
Mowgli stood as quietly as he could, peering through the open work and listening to the furious din of the fight round the Black Panther--the yells and chatterings and scufflings, and Bagheera’s deep, hoarse cough as he backed and bucked and twisted and plunged under the heaps of his enemies.
The Jungle Book, p. 54 · B2
The fighting strength of a python is in the driving blow of his head backed by all the strength and weight of his body.
The Jungle Book, p. 56 · B2

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