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Definition of Backboards
1. backboard [n] - See also: backboard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backboards
Literary usage of Backboards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Journal by George Cruikshank (1853)
"And the Misses Primly backboards, they demand only fifty guineas a-year for the
comforts of their elegant establishment for a select number of young ladies ..."
2. Airport Services Manual: Part 7, Airport Emergency Planning edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"backboards. These are classified as long and short backboards. ... Although a
backboard of 1.90 m is shown, some backboards of 1.83 m length should be ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"Sound advice is contained in that part of the work which treats of the causes of
the disease; backboards and braces, education chairs, stays, ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"The backboards an ¡m inch thick, and are made to fit in the back «'. the strainers
to be used in mounting. The pliers are to stretch ..."
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