Proverbial Backbreaker Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds • a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white • a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth adjective satellite • of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored verb • cover or provide with or as if with straw • spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
	29%	4		Librarian's backbreaker
	noun • a (usually) large and scholarly book
	25%	10		A terse and often proverbial saying
	noun • a short pithy instructive saying

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