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throwback definition

throw·back (t̸hrō′bak′)

noun

  1. Now Rare the act of throwing back; check, stop, or reversal
  2. reversion to an earlier or more primitive type or condition
  3. an instance or example of this

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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