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Definition of Backbenches
1. backbench [n] - See also: backbench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backbenches
Literary usage of Backbenches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty Years of Music, 1865-1905 by Joseph Bennett (1908)
"I was not surprised by the backbenches, nor could I entirely blame them for their
revolt against the programme. At a Welsh festival, the Welsh people ..."
2. Time and Fateby Lance Price by Lance Price (2005)
"He'd heard her tell Sinclair in that prim little voice of hers that while of
course she would support the changes and urge her supporters on the backbenches ..."
3. The Friends of Rathlin Island by Stewart Dalby (2004)
"Why on earth did she exceed her brief on TV? She knew what friction it would
cause with colleagues. Did she want to be in opposition, or on the backbenches ..."
4. Large Scale Coastal Behavior (1993) edited by J. H. List (1995)
"For the next year, the backbenches continued to aggrade and the shorelines advanced
again. The shifting of profile configuration from a berm runnel with low ..."
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