"back and edge" meaning in English

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          "text": "O'll stick to it back an edge.\nAbel Bywater (1854), The Sheffield Dialect"
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          "text": "He stood me out it was so, back and edge.\nFrancis Grose (1790), A Provincial Glossary, with MS notes"
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          "text": "She stuck to him back and edge till at last he turned tail\nRolf Boldrewood (1891), A Sydney-side Saxon"
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          "text": "BACK AND EDGE [bak ən ɛd͡ʒ] - adamantly, e.g. \"Argue back and edge\".\nJeremy G. Storr (1977), Survey of the Dialect of Selston in the Erewash Valley, page 122."
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        "In a thorough manner, entirely, completely."
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          "text": "O'll stick to it back an edge.\nAbel Bywater (1854), The Sheffield Dialect"
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          "text": "She stuck to him back and edge till at last he turned tail\nRolf Boldrewood (1891), A Sydney-side Saxon"
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