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back passage

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noun

  1. the rectum

  2. an interior passageway towards the back of a building

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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

She heard the main door of the house open and, looking over the banister, saw a slattern with bucket and mop passing into some back passage.

From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily

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

From this back passage or court a ladder, with rungs about two feet apart, leads into the Sultan's house, and a step-ladder into the women's house.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

After nightfall he opened the gate and led us in by a back passage to my aunt's apartments where she and my uncle were waiting for me.

From Court Life in China by Headland, Isaac Taylor