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Definition of Outbacks
1. outback [n] - See also: outback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbacks
Literary usage of Outbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Alhambra by Washington Irving (1891)
"... de Barbudo," replied the cavaliers, '' we are not men to turn outbacks upon
our commander, however rash his enterprise. We spoke but in caution. ..."
2. The Horse: With a Treatise on Draught by William Youatt, Walker Watson (1866)
"I am sure that outbacks and roadsters will endure a great deal more fatigue and
hardship than the same description of horse in England. ..."
3. Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity by William Paley (1819)
"... for, although we betid outbacks to every degree almost of inclination, the
motion of each vertebra is very small ; such is the advantage which we ..."
4. The Howadji in Syria by George William Curtis (1852)
""Fabulous splendours of course they were," hummed the inexorable Pacha, as,
turning outbacks upon Ramleh, and following in Sigurd's footsteps, ..."
5. Digest of Evidence Taken Before Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry Into by William Courtenay Devon (1847)
"... from RETURNS of outbacks reported to Constabulary Office ; Evidence. J Appendix
36. guishing those of an ..."
6. A Queenslander's Travel-notes by Alfred George Stephens (1894)
"meaning, "O Lord, it was gone in the morning—hit outbacks, somebody, we're
choking—it was gone in the morning—well, that's the funniest we've heard for many ..."
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