back passage
Britishnoun
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the rectum
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an interior passageway towards the back of a building
Example Sentences
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Most of Nixon's domestic efforts in Congress have involved beating back passage of bills the Administration regarded as too expensive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not having the least fear of contagion, she entered a back passage of the intricate house, which reminded her of the houses she used to build with cards as a child.
From The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Stokes, Katherine
"But, Monsieur, I have not asked you yet what madness sent you traversing this back passage at two in the morning."
From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha
It followed Frank along the back passage leading straight into the hall: it was one of those huge stone halls such as people in Yorkshire like.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
On reaching the foot of the stairs, we were informed that William had gone out by a back passage which led down to the sea-beach, and we turned our steps thither.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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