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  • adjective Receding; going back.
  • adjective of persons Not thriving in health or in worldly concerns.
  • noun A relapse.
  • noun A decline; consumption.
  • noun A relapse in illness.

Etymologies

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Alteration of back-ganging (adjective), equivalent to back +‎ ganging.

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Alteration of back-ganging (noun), equivalent to back +‎ ganging.

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