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Definition of Throwbacks
1. throwback [n] - See also: throwback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Throwbacks
Literary usage of Throwbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"In the throwbacks than in the normally occurring rock, for the reason that in the
... 27: throwbacks or material reworked 5 ft. thick; Federal Chemical Co., ..."
2. London's Underworld by Thomas Holmes (1912)
"In every cross-bred species of animals or plants there are " reverts" or "
throwbacks," and the human family produces plenty of them. ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1918)
"The latter material, for this reason, has come to be known as "screenings"
or "throwbacks," and at certain plants this is now being worked. ..."
4. The Essence of Hayek by Friedrich August Hayek, Chiaki Nishiyama (1984)
"Such considerations were, in fact, decreed as being contrary to the interests of
the proletarian state, subversive throwbacks to capitalism. ..."
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