back number

The definition of a back number is an old issue of a newspaper or magazine, or something or someone who is old fashioned.

(noun)

An example of a back number is a copy of a magazine from 1960.

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See back number in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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  1. an old issue of a periodical
  2. Informal an old-fashioned person or thing

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