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back of

adjective as in back

adjective as in hind

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And, as the documentary illuminated, she worked, worked, worked—even if it meant going to the back-of-beyond venues.

“She has a very low back-of-throat tone that not atypical of rock-pop singers,” Purdy says.

His bassy, back-of-the-throat syllables are straighter and sexier; his yowls are more pointed and pained.

Does it make a difference if Jefferson was opening up his own account books or just making a back-of-the-envelope calculation?

This is the sort of back-of-the-hand campaigning that comes easily to the former House speaker but is more labored for Romney.

You've been having high old times in that back-of-beyond town of yours, haven't you?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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