throwback

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Synonyms: throw back, throw-back, throwbacks, rowback, throwball

Antonyms: throw back, throw-back, throwbacks, rowback, throwball

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Noun

1. A [[reversion]] to an earlier [[stage]] of [[development]].
2. {{lb|en|pejorative}} A person considered to be [[primitive]], [[uncivilized]] and mentally [[deficient]].
3. An [[organism]] that has characteristics of a more [[primitive]] form.
4. An [[atavism]].
5. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
6. {{lb|en|slang|often|attributive}} A person or thing that [[evoke]]s [[memory|memories]].
7. {{lb|en|US|accounting}} A practice to avoid [[untaxed]] [[nowhere income]] by instead [[tax]]ing such [[income]] in the [[originating]] [[state]] for a given [[transaction]].

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