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Back-number   /bæk-nˈəmbər/   Listen
Back-number

noun
1.
Someone who is no longer popular.  Synonym: has-been.






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"Back-number" Quotes from Famous Books



... this idea cautiously among a knot of fellow-craftsmen. 'You mean,' said one straight-eyed youth, 'that we are a back-number copying back-numbers?' ...
— Letters of Travel (1892-1913) • Rudyard Kipling



Words linked to "Back-number" :   senior citizen, golden ager, oldster, old person



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