back-cloth
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.03 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast."