backyard
the portion of a lot or building site behind a house, structure, or the like, sometimes fenced, walled, etc.
a familiar or nearby area; neighborhood.
Origin of backyard
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How to use backyard in a sentence
Its handle, she notes, was made from a mesquite tree in her back yard.
Holy Molé: Tucson’s Mexican Food with a Kick | Jane & Michael Stern | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bear retreated, but became a fixture around the neighborhood, raiding garbage cans, taking dips in back-yard pools.
In Florida, Sprawling Humans Confront the Bears Who Lived There First | Jacqui Goddard | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt used to be one of each, but now, he goes three or four times every time he goes into the back yard.
But insults are a very different proposition when they are coming from a foreigner standing in your back yard.
This day the workmen began to make me a sellar door out of the back yard, which will much please me.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys
I guess it had about a minimum of two bedrooms, rather large back yard.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyBy-and-by I beat the shoemaker on metres and the son in the back yard, and then I left 'em, for they was no more use to me.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonI'd far rather mop out my back yard any day than write the receipt for the lodgers' rent.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeTwo medium-sized buggy wheels were found in the back yard of a blacksmith shop, which were procured for a nominal price.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for back yard
a yard at the back of a house, etc
in one's own back yard
close at hand
involving or implicating one: See NIMBY
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