backaching

English

Etymology

back +‎ aching

Adjective

backaching

1. Causing a pain in one's back.
   • 1957, Charles Anscomb, Submariner, page 160:

     Then the rest of us had to crawl on hands and knees slowly towards the tree picking up the things. It was dull and backaching.

   • 1993, National Geographic (volume 84? 184? page 110)

     Hedging, as I was learning, is not just skilled work but also cold, rugged, muddy, and backaching.