back green

British  

noun

1. dialect grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement

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back green

Long after the ash had washed away and the charred landscapes grew back green, trauma remained.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2020

The 18-year-old Hammer chipped in for eagle from just off the back green on the 18th to beat Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, 2 up.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2018

His eyes glanced back green fire in the lantern light; he strained in renewed efforts to escape; the air was rank with his musky smell.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Stat. c. plains        12 Head, neck, chest, back green; rump little red; abdomen, thighs scarlet; forehead, shoulder, under base tail yellow; f., brick red patch on shoulder, duller.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Crown, glossy green-black; throat and line down foreneck buffy; rest of head and neck purplish chestnut; back green washed with bluish gray.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.