slowback

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noun

A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounslowback (plural slowbacks)

plural slowbacks

  1. archaicslangA lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

    The slowbacks and lazie bones will none of this

    1619, John Favour, Antiquitie triumphing over Noveltie

Origin

From slow + back.

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APA

slowback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowback

MLA

“slowback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slowback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowback.

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