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
Waving his hand for the men to keep their places, Black Donald went out and opened the back passage door, admitting Colonel Le Noir.
From Hidden Hand by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
Following upon this advice, which he found to the point, Sir Adrian left his house by a back passage; and, through a side garden, found his way to the coast and to the fishing village.
From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton
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
I ran through the hall into the long back passage at right-angles to it, down the passage to the glimmer of light through the partly glazed door at the end of it.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
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