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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BACK, n.5 The door of an old-fashioned baker's oven, which was not hinged but with flanges fitting into slots at the sides (Sc. 1927 J. Kirkland Baker's ABC 13). See Bauk,1 Bauk2 and Bauk.3 Ayr. c.1900:
To close the oven door was to "pit ower the back."
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