far-backadj.n.
/ˈfɑːbak/, U.S. /ˈfɑrˌbæk/ A. adj.
1. Ancient.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > ancient or of early origin
oldeOE
olden daysa1400
for-oldc1400
ancient1475
(as) old as Adama1599
antiquary1599
high1601
primal1604
hoary1609
grandeval1650
Noachal1661
patriarchal1806
(as) old as the hills1819
world-old1837
eld1854
age-old1860
far-back1869
Noachian1874
pornial1883
1869 Atlantic Monthly XXIII. 200 As of the far-back days the poets tell.
1890 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads IV. vii. ccix. 126/2 Some far-back reciter of the Scottish ballad.
2. Remote in space; inaccessible.
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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible
outc1425
inaccessible?a1475
out-way1532
deviate1575
unaccessible1596
reachless1597
devious1599
wandering1600
untouchable1622
outlying1651
back1683
no-nationa1756
out-of-the-way1756
outlandish1792
eccentric1800
outworld1808
out-by1816
outside1847
off-lying1859
unget-at-able1862
far-out1887
far-back1900
1900 Daily News 4 Oct. 6/1 The jackals and other denizens of the far-back forests.
1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. xx. 131 Station men in the far-back parts of Australia.
B. n.
1. (See quot. 1889) slang.
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society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > indifferent
far-back1889
1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 354/2 Far back (tailors), an indifferent workman or an ignorant person.
2. The most remote districts or back settlements.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area
nookc1480
out-country1639
outland1645
remoteness1694
backwoods1709
back county1775
remote1838
Mountains of the Moon1852
nowhere1871
the sticks1899
way back1901
downstate1905
back o' Bourke1918
far-back1926
woop woop1926
boohai?1946
bundu1946
Dogpatch1946
outback1954
toolies1961
upstate1965
Watford1973
1926 Spectator 11 Sept. 370/1 It [sc. Australia] is no longer a pioneering country, except in the far-back.
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adj.n.1869- to make courtesy at
- to make dainty of
- to make dainty of anything
- to make dainty of doing
- to make dainty to do
- to make danger
- to make daybreak
- to make debate
- to make default
- to make defeat of
- to make defeat on
- to make defeat upon
- to make defend
- to make deray
- to make dice of a person's bones
- to make dice of bones
- to make difficulties
- to make difficulty
- to make do
- to kick upstairs
- to kick — bells out of
- to kill a ball
- to kill a bill
- to kill dead
- to kill downright