Backgain Definition
noun
(UK dialectal) A relapse.
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(UK dialectal) A decline; consumption.
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(UK dialectal) A relapse in illness.
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adjective
(UK dialectal) Receding; going back.
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(UK dialectal, of persons) Not thriving in health or in worldly concerns.
A backgain family.
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Origin of Backgain
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Alteration of back-ganging (adjective), equivalent to back + ganging.
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Alteration of back-ganging (noun), equivalent to back + ganging.
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