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- verb Present participle of
backslap . - noun
action of the verb to backslap
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Examples
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Would he have been justified in backslapping her across the face?
Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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What might have been missed amid the backslapping is the fact Paul has been known to the FBI for at least seven years and likely longer.
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Senator and a sweetheart of a pal who purchased the lot next door at full price and sold him a chunk of it so he could have a back or side yard for the kids, we have the "greasing of palms" and the "backslapping" good old network Obama happily took part of.
"I Am Listening" Ellen Beth Gill 2008
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"We had a great thing going for us, with the so-called backslapping type of people that we are.
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"We had a great thing going for us, with the so-called backslapping type of people that we are.
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Scanlon is the worst kind of backslapping, clientist type of politician - the Dáil is full of them - without any philosophy other than oneoff houses and the live cattle trade (which should have been halted years ago).
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Scanlon is the worst kind of backslapping, clientist type of politician - the Dáil is full of them - without any philosophy other than oneoff houses and the live cattle trade (which should have been halted years ago).
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Scanlon is the worst kind of backslapping, clientist type of politician - the Dáil is full of them - without any philosophy other than oneoff houses and the live cattle trade (which should have been halted years ago).
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The media's shameless sucking up to John McCain has largely been due to the kind of backslapping familiarity he's allowed them over the years.
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In the wake of a popular local triumph, amid all the congratulatory backslapping in the winner's enclosure, there was one conspicuous absentee: Ballabriggs, the winning horse.
Raucous Grand National celebration misses only the winner Ballabriggs 2011
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