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stickyback

noun

Etymology

From sticky + back.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as stickyback — “sticky + back”

Definitions

  1. A 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.

The neighborhood

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