backwash

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From back + wash.

"The Backwash of War" was suppressed by the British, French and American governments. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
That short thoroughfare forms, as it were, a backwash for the traffic of Piccadilly. — Cynthia's Chauffeur, Louis Tracy
A backwash of brilliance picked out the black-white-and-red Jack of Germany, fluttering from a short pole-mast sternwards. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

slipstream, airstream, race, wash

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