backgain
backgain · backgains
A relapseA relapse.
Meaning
3 senses(UK, dialectal)A relapse.
(UK, dialectal)A decline; consumption.
(UK, dialectal)A relapse in illness.
Origin
Alteration of back-ganging (noun).Alteration of back-ganging (noun).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.