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throwback Noun a person or thing that is like something that existed or was common long ago: his ideas were a throwback to old colonial attitudes Verb throw back to remind someone of (something he or she said or did previously) in order to upset him or her: he threw back at me everything I'd said the week before
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Yes, it is an interesting instance of a throwback, which appears to be both physical and spiritual. "Well," said Summerlee, "since you ask my opinion, it strikes me as an indefensible throwback to the Stone Age or before it. |
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