8 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
noun (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
noun (American football) the position of a back on a football team
originFrom half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback. In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"
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