hark-back

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hark-back

/ˈhɑːkbæk/ UK
/ˈhɑɹkˌbæk/ US

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Deverbal from hark back.

noun hark-backs · hark back

An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.
figuratively An act of alluding, returning, or reverting (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, an act of evoking, or longing or pining for (a past era or event). The addendum cancelling the closures refers to 14 pages […] in which Table 183 is reproduced in its old form with connections to and from Liverpool, Bradford, York, Edinburgh etc. – a hark-back to G.C. ambitions.
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@misc{hark_back_2026,
  title = {hark-back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hark-back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}