Definitions
accumulate and create a backlog
Word origin
From back + log. 1680s; originally a large log at the back of a fire. Figurative sense from 1880s, meaning "something stored up for later use". Possibly influenced by logbook as well.
Used in a sentence
“While she was preparing my breakfast, I chopped off a backlog and put it on the fire,[…]”
“He threw it on the fire for a back-log, first scraping the live coals and ashes to a heap for his damper.”
“He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Work pileup”7 letters
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