"cold back" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cold back (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of cold-back Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: cold-back
    Sense id: en-cold_back-en-adj-R9yI-dPw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 22

Noun

Forms: cold backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cold back (countable and uncountable, plural cold backs)
  1. Alternative form of cold-back Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: cold-back
    Sense id: en-cold_back-en-noun-R9yI-dPw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 22
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, back. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cold_back-en-noun-pKvMnx31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 22

Inflected forms

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