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
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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
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