Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ache or pain in the back, especially the lower back.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any dull or continuous pain in the back.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an ache localized in the back.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any
pain orache in theback
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ache localized in the back
Etymologies
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Examples
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I longed to comfort her, to tell them all that I was not at all hurt, that I had no pain whatever, -- even the backache, which is my almost daily companion, having left me since the fall, -- yet the terrible languor which controlled me seemed almost too great to be overcome.
We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses Barbara Yechton 1901
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Back massage: This massage is helpful in case of various ailments such as backache, afflictions of muscles and it provides a good means for stimulating the back muscles.
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A gentle massage can often provide relief from problems such as backache, sleeplessness, edema, headaches and tension.
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It's a job that's known to produce health problems such as backache, hearing damage and sore eyes, while the bacteria can cause asthma and pneumonia.
FWi - All News 2010
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Still, the chiropractor had been treating him for a "backache" and adjusting him for two weeks, without ever suggesting a medical consult on what, to me, was a condition that should have put him into
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Still, the chiropractor had been treating him for a "backache" and adjusting him for two weeks, without ever suggesting a medical consult on what, to me, was a condition that should have put him into
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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She's at the ER trying to get drugs for her "backache" and lets some guy go off with her kid.
SplicedFeed 2009
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a hundred that explain their symptoms as "stomach trouble", "backache", etc., who remain well enough to carry on, and who think their pains and aches inevitably wrapped with the lot of woman.
The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914
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His pitch for a chair to help protect workers from backache included neither the word chair, nor any sums that were actually correct.
The Apprentice won by non-stop ideas factory Tom Pellerau 2011
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"Still, it's better than getting lost in a big squishy couch where you end up with a backache."
Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011
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