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Backstop   /bˈækstˌɑp/   Listen
Backstop

noun
1.
(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher.  Synonym: catcher.
2.
(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field.
3.
A precaution in case of an emergency.
verb
1.
Act as a backstop.





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"Backstop" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a headlong rush with the 'Hotel Register' in one hand. I made the third floor and Marian's cell in slightly more than nothing flat, but she was ready when I came barging into her room. She was out of the cell before it hit the backstop and following me down the hall towards her ...
— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith
... it's all rumples and crumples after the cart. But really, Doro, if I had had only some one to talk to, I believe I should have enjoyed it. It was too funny! The man had a mouth without any backstop in it—" ...
— Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays • Margaret Penrose


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