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backwood
Variant of backwoods
backwoods
definition
☆ back·woods (-wo̵odz′)
plural noun
- heavily wooded areas far from centers of population
- any remote, thinly populated place
adjective
in, from, or characteristic of backwoods
also backwood back′·wood′
Related Forms:
- backwoodsman back′·woods′·man (-mən) noun pl. backwoodsmen -·men (-mən)
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