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ˈfar-back, a. and n.
[f. far adv. + back a.]
A. adj.
1. Ancient.
1869Atlantic Monthly XXIII. 200 As of the far-back days the poets tell. 1890Child Eng. & Sc. Ball. vii. ccix. 126/2 Some far-back reciter of the Scottish ballad.
2. Remote in space; inaccessible.
1900Daily News 4 Oct. 6/1 The jackals and other denizens of the far-back forests. 1934A. Russell Tramp-Royal in Wild Australia xx. 131 Station men in the far-back parts of Australia.
B. n.
1. (See quot.) slang.
1889Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang I. 354/2 Far back (tailors), an indifferent workman or an ignorant person.
2. The most remote districts or back settlements.
1926Spectator 11 Sept. 370/1 It [sc. Australia] is no longer a pioneering country, except in the far-back. |