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throwback

Syllabification: (throw·back)
Pronunciation: /ˈTHrōˌbak/

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Definition of throwback

noun

  • a reversion to an earlier ancestral characteristic:the eyes could be an ancestral throwback
  • a person or thing having the characteristics of a former time:a lot of his work is a throwback to the fifties

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Definition of throwback in the British & World English dictionary