'To the backbone' definitions:

Definition of 'To the backbone'

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  • Backbone \Back"bone"\ (b[a^]k"b[=o]n`), n. [2d back, n. + bone.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything like, or serving the purpose of, a backbone. [1913 Webster]
  • The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
  • We have now come to the backbone of our subject. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness. [1913 Webster]
  • Shelley's thought never had any backbone. --Shairp. [1913 Webster]
  • To the backbone, through and through; thoroughly; entirely. "Staunch to the backbone." --Lord Lytton. [1913 Webster]

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