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backcloth

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. backcloth (noun)
  2. back gray (noun)

back·cloth

noun \-ˌklȯth\

Definition of BACKCLOTH

chiefly British
: backdrop
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First Known Use of BACKCLOTH

1886

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