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BACK-NUMBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does back-number mean?
• BACK-NUMBER (noun)
The noun BACK-NUMBER has 1 sense:
1. someone who is no longer popular
Familiarity information: BACK-NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is no longer popular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
back-number; has-been
Hypernyms ("back-number" is a kind of...):
golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)
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