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Quotation dates: 1724
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†BACK-SIDE, n.2, in phr. to get the backside of, obs., fig. to "get the cold shoulder from," be dismissed contemptuously by. [′bɑksəid]Lnk. 1724 P. Walker Life and Death of Peden 74:
Ye and your Testimony cut off at the Web's End, and ye and the like of you get their Back-side.
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