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nounbacklasher (plural backlashers)
plural backlashers
- A participant in a backlash
The Great Backlash it describes may be overhyped and underdefined, but a relatively small number of backlashers in the right place could be enough to turn an election.
2006 February 10, Harold Henderson, “What's Really the Matter With Kansas”, in Chicago Reader
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backlasher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backlasher
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“backlasher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backlasher. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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