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名詞

whiteback (countable and uncountable, plural whitebacks)

1. Various species that have a white back, including:
   1. A wild duck, the canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
      • 1978, North Dakota Outdoors - Volumes 41-42, page 7:

        […] , slopehead,. whiteback, thunder duck, and gourmet's delight have been used to characterize the canvasback which has been described as the gold standard by which other species are compared .

   2. The white-backed duck. (Thalassornis leuconotus)
      • 1972, Bulletin - International Waterfowl Research Bureau, page 68:

        The creation of managed habitats shows that most duck species will take to them, the main exceptions being the Pygmy Goose and the Whiteback Duck.

   3. The white-backed griffon vulture (Gyps africanus)
      • 1999, Alice Friman, Zoo, page 6:

        One snake-necked Whiteback teeters on the head then, steady, dips into the socket.

      • 2012, Richard Ives, Of Tigers and Men:

        The whiteback is a close relative of a vulture you may have seen in Africa.

      • 2013, George Makana Clark, The Raw Man, page 168:

        The grass rippled and whispered, a mystery on this windless day, and an uneasieness settled over me as the whitebacks rose clumsily into the air, abandoning their carrion.

   4. A Lithuanian breed of cattle, (Lietuvos baltnugariai galvijai)
      • 2024, Marleen Felius, Cattle Breeds of the World, page 122:

        In the early 20th centruy the number of white-backs was fairly large, though not recognized as a bree, these Baltic landrace cattle accounted for about 10% of the national herd.

2. A type of paperboard used in packaging that has a smooth white surface on one side and a brown or unbleached surface on the other side.

   Coordinate term: greyback

   • 1997, PIMA's, page 21:

     Overall, the downgrading has favored FBB and, in particular, whiteback folding boxboard, which can offer a very good whiteness and therefore good print qualities compared with SBB .

   • 2003, Appita Journal, page 9:

     It will give Amcor Cartonboard the ability to produce superior quality whiteback board to that currently made at Petrie, opening up new market opportunities for the company.

   • 2008, Paper Technology, page 54:

     It produces grayback and whiteback coated duplex of 250-400 gsm.

3. (uncountable, chiefly attributive) A type of denim that is indigo on one side, and pale on the back.
   • 1961, Research Bulletin - Issues 871-880, page 23:

     The whiteback navy jeans were selected most often;

   • 1962, The Boys' Outfitter - Volume 77, page 103:

     Of heavy-weight, 111/4-oz. whiteback denim, with the fabric strengthened with 25 percent DuPont 420 nylon, the jeans will not wear or wash white, the company said.

   • 1971, Montgomery Ward Catalog, page 479:

     Vat-dyed whiteback denim stays colorfast .

語源 2

Blend of white +‎ wetback.

名詞

whiteback (countable and uncountable, plural whitebacks)

1. (humorous) A white immigrant, especially one moving to or from the United States.
   • 1979, Tony Hendra, ‎Christopher Cerf, ‎Peter Elbling ·, The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade, 1980-1989, page 159:

     With only a head full of figures and a pocket full of indigestion tablets, a "whiteback" CPA emerges from the Rio Grande hoping for a better life in Mexico.

   • 1997, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, page 23:

     The " whiteback" joke is from Charlie Hill's appearance on The Tonight Show and is republished in Kenneth Lincoln's book Indian Humor as follows: " the first English immigrants were illegal aliens —' Whitebacks, we call 'em.'

   • 2011, Philip J. Romero, Your Macroeconomic Edge, page 69:

     Canadians are a friendly, open people. Therefore, their first instinct is to welcome the "whitebacks” from south of the border.

参照

• “whiteback”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.