stickyback

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noun

A small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.

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Meanings

nounstickyback (plural stickybacks)

plural stickybacks

  1. historicalartsA small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.

    She did not need a passport, but Michael advised her to get a few snapshots. So she went and had some "stickybacks" taken.

    1939, Madeleine Elise Reynier Boyd, Life Makes Advances
  2. historicalA sticker used as propaganda.

    In Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, etc., one sees posters and stickybacks everywhere demanding the release of Thaelmann.

    1952, United States. Congress Senate, Hearings (volume 4, page 4235)

Origin

From sticky + back.

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APA

stickyback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickyback

MLA

“stickyback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickyback. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stickyback,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stickyback.

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