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Her style of playing is a throwback to the early days of jazz. (definition of throwback from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press) Definition of throwback noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.

The meaning of throwback is one that is suggestive of or suited to an earlier time or style. How to use throwback in a sentence. There are six meanings listed in oed's entry for the word throwback, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. It is the acts of barbarity, a throwback from the past; It is the violence that we have lived with for so long.