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harkening back

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
harken-ing back
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of harken back

Questions

What does harkening back mean?
present participle and gerund of harken back

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