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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.

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Examples

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    Tank u, ceilingcat, for our daily nomz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Tillers also studies and modifies designs and publishes a technical newsletter called The Tillers Report; subscriptions are $25 for 2 years, and 15 backsets are available for $25.

    9: Domestic animals 1996

  • Though the day was one in the relatively early spring, things were "going"; temporary backsets would doubtless ensue -- meanwhile get the good out of a clear, fair afternoon, if but a single one.

    On the Stairs Henry B. Fuller

  • After all, youth is so hopeful, and filled with animal spirits, that it takes more than ordinary backsets to dishearten a parcel of healthy boys.

    The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers Herbert Carter

  • Page 154 of the movement and were jealous that it should have no backsets.

    The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 1921

  • Charleston. and that, though experiencing general alarm and a few disasters in 1884, 1893 and 1896, the industry quickly recovered from these backsets. 114

    The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 1921

  • But both boys were sturdy in body and determined in spirit, so that they were not apt to be discouraged by a few backsets of this character.

    The House Boat Boys George Rathborne 1896

  • He's had backsets, but in the end he's succeeded in everything he's tried.

    The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis 1890

  • Furthermore, Captain Ferry's latest letter to Charlotte had brought word that in spite of all backsets he was promised by his physician that in ten days more he could safely take the field again.

    The Cavalier George Washington Cable 1884

  • Phillida alighted from the car in the neighborhood of the Graydon, whose mountainous dimensions deflected the March wind into sudden and disagreeable backsets and whirling eddies that threatened the perpendicularity of foot-passengers.

    The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Edward Eggleston 1869

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