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back·cloth (bak′klôt̸h′)

noun

Chiefly Brit. backdrop

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backcloth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • provide: A political vacuum and a cynical change in British security policy provided the backcloth to the 1977 strike.

Adjective modifier

  • dramatic: It is indeed the most mountainous island in the Mediterranean and it is this dramatic mountain backcloth we have come to enjoy.
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