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back· story

background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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