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Etymology edit

back +‎ rub

Noun edit

backrub (plural backrubs)

  1. A massage of the back.
    • 2008 March 12, Julia Moskin, “Your Waiter Tonight... Will Be the Chef”, in New York Times[1]:
      AT what point in the chef-diner relationship is it O.K. to offer a backrub?

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