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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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