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Bit Of The Backbone Crossword Clue

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noun

• one of the bony segments of the spinal column

33%8 Showing a lack of backbone or backbone
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29%12 Growing bit by bit
adjective satellite

• increasing by successive addition

• marked by acquiring or amassing

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New York Times20 Mar 1990 Down 40
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