backcloth

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backcloth

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From back + cloth.

noun backcloths

The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. Every day the coast looked the same, as though we had not moved; but we passed various places - trading places - with names like Gran’ Bassam, Little Popo, names that seemed to belong to some sordid farce acted in front of a sinister backcloth.

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@misc{backcloth_2026,
  title = {backcloth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backcloth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}