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adjective
1Chiefly in the names of animals: having a red or reddish-brown back.
2Of an object: having a red back; specifically (of a book) having the spine bound in red leather.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Lawson (d. 1711), surveyor. From red + backed.
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