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What is a throwback?

What is a throwback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
  2. (pejorative) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
  3. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
  4. An atavism.
  5. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
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The charming old buildings and cottages are a throwback to the colonial past.
Mom, played by Carol Kane, is a Doris Day throwback who sings show tunes and makes Jell-O desserts.
Check out Johny's Luncheonette, a throwback nine-stool lunch counter run by Johny, who greets regulars with fist bumps, and his father.
Hendricks runs around through the movie clad in these throwback sneakers, a totally mystifying move by the wardrobe department.
The mere existence of such a throwback in the modern world suggests an inviolate timelessness.
What if the attraction is an atavistic throwback to the prehistoric human fascination with telling tales?

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