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Definition of Backswords
1. backsword [n] - See also: backsword
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backswords
Literary usage of Backswords
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"... like so many supernumerary patches just tacked on at one end, and the wearer
seems to have been playing at backswords till his coat was cut to pieces. ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1873)
"Last of all a fine collection of long tucks, backswords and rapiers, of most
beautiful design, intended both as a weapon of offence and defence, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1892)
"... pikes that may have seen service at Flodden, backswords by Andrea Ferara.
Here hang the keys of the “Heart of Midlothian,” long since passed out of use, ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1872)
"... they flap backwards and forwards, like so many supernumerary patches just
tacked on at one end, and the wearer seems to have been playing at backswords ..."
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