stickyback

noun — 2 senses

stickyback

noun

Etymology From sticky + back.

1

Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography Historical A small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.

  • She did not need a passport, but Michael advised her to get a few snapshots. So she went and had some "stickybacks" taken.1939, Madeleine Elise Reynier Boyd, Life Makes Advances:
2

Historical A sticker used as propaganda.

  • In Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, etc., one sees posters and stickybacks everywhere demanding the release of Thaelmann.1952, United States. Congress Senate, Hearings (volume 4, page 4235)
Related terms
sticky-back plastic

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