back yard
Britishnoun
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a yard at the back of a house, etc
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close at hand
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involving or implicating one See NIMBY
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Example Sentences
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“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
"It feels amazing. I whooped that boy in his back yard," Londoner TKV, who was deducted a point for a low blow, said.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Those hours practising in the back yard soon brought results.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
I lifted them away and inspected the view: a small back yard, with a few fruit trees and an empty clothesline.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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