Backprint

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.

    "The season lasted about as long as it took McNeely to leave his backprint on the canvas."

  2. 2
    Printing on the reverse side of a poster, postage stamp, or other printed material, usually for purposes of identification.

    "Needless to say, the machine applying the backprint did not always function well and - there you go — there exist strips of five coil stamps without the backprint."

Verb
  1. 1
    To print something onto the back of an object or document. transitive

Example

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"The season lasted about as long as it took McNeely to leave his backprint on the canvas."

Etymology

From back + print.

Related phrases

postage stamp

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