backgain

noun, adj — 5 senses

backgain

noun

Etymology Alteration of back-ganging (noun).

1

UK, Dialectal A relapse.

2

UK, Dialectal A decline; consumption.

3

UK, Dialectal A relapse in illness.

backgain

adj

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

1

UK, Dialectal Receding; going back.

2

UK, Dialectal, Of persons Not thriving in health or in worldly concerns.

a backgain family

Related terms: back-ganging

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