backgain
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alteration of back-ganging (noun), equivalent to back- + ganging.
Alternative forms[edit]
- backgaun, back-gang, back-gannin
- backgane (Scotland)
Noun[edit]
backgain (plural backgains)
- (UK dialectal) A relapse.
- (UK dialectal) A decline; consumption.
- (UK dialectal) A relapse in illness.
Etymology 2[edit]
Alteration of back-ganging (adjective), equivalent to back + ganging.
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
backgain (comparative more backgain, superlative most backgain)
- (UK dialectal) Receding; going back.
- (UK dialectal, of persons) Not thriving in health or in worldly concerns.
- a backgain family