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- noun Plural form of
backword .
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Examples
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Taxing exported products is kind of backwords don’t you think?
Will voters swallow seven buck Chuck? CA ballot initiative | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Big surprise he's a darling of all the racist groups and comes from such a backwords racist state!
Wilson says no more apologies for outburst against president 2009
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You ignorent uninformed backwords son of bitches ...
JOHN ANDREW MULLETT 2010
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Again with this racist card, jerk, maybe you come from a backwords state, the only thing yu can scream is race, why dont yu get educate in something else.
Wilson says no more apologies for outburst against president 2009
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And oh boy did I find out some things. i opened rite near the end and read it mostly backwords so it was from recent to past.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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And oh boy did I find out some things. i opened rite near the end and read it mostly backwords so it was from recent to past.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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As you wrote, the causal relationship might flow backwords.
The Wage Effect of Fat - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Not so with art and architecture: --- those courses begin with the modern philosophy and the modern people, and work backwords to the ancient, barely giving the traditional or ancient styles any study, compared to the modern.
Get in on Life... 2007
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Obama has bent over backwords for the Republicans, mainly in an effort to cement support amongst the middle.
It's Still American Hope Vs. Fear, Even in David Brooks' Worst Case Scenario 2009
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I actually put him down as a "D", but moved him up to a "C" to bend over backwords being fair.
Freshman Delegates 2006
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