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Throwback
/θrˈoʊbˌæk/
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Throwback
noun
1.
An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
Synonym:
atavist
.
2.
A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
Synonyms:
atavism
,
reversion
.
adjective
1.
Characteristic of an atavist.
Synonym:
atavistic
.
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It's a
throwback
to a weaker strain That's washed by the Tropic tide. And a mixture of Dago and Japanese Latin and Jew and Portugese Crops out thru
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— Rhymes of a Roughneck • Pat O'Cotter
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