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Quotation dates: 1889
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BACKFOREMOST, adj. Perverse. Common also as an adv. in the literal sense.Sc. 1889 R. L. Stevenson M. of Ballantrae iv.:
Perhaps because he knew he was by nature inclining to the parsimonious, he took a backforemost pleasure in the recklessness with which he supplied his brother's exigence.
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