back marker
1 of 2noun (1)
British
: one starting a handicapped race, game, or match with a high adverse handicap
backmarker
2 of 2noun (2)
: also-ran
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
back entry 1 + marker
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1895, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1964, in the meaning defined above
- in rude health
- in ruins
- in sae
- in saecula saeculorum
- in safe hands
- in school
- in search of
- in season
- in seclusion
- in secret
- in series
- in session
- in seventh heaven
- in shape
- in sharp contrast to
- in sharp contrast with
- in shirtsleeves
- in short
- in short order
- in short supply
- in shorthand
- in sight
- cut the shit
- cut through
- cut through red tape