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backs

/bæks/ noun A2
  1. The backyard of the University.
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“Certainly,” answered the Queen; “but it is a great way off, for you have had it at your backs all this time.” Then she noticed Dorothy’s Golden Cap, and said, “Why don’t you use the charm of the Cap, and call the Winged Monkeys to you?
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 97 · B2
I don’t know what they were, and was very glad to see their backs.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 52 · C1
And flickers on the backs of books.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 18 · C1
“And who are _these?_” said the Queen, pointing to the three gardeners who were lying round the rose-tree; for, you see, as they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 60 · B2

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