back passage
Britishnoun
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the rectum
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an interior passageway towards the back of a building
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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.
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When she sprang aloft again, a military man and a medical officer were thrown heavily into the back passage between the cabins, the screws that held their seats having snapped asunder.
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by James Paton
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 Egerton Castle
Just at this moment, who should come round from a back passage, carrying a small bundle in his hand, but the object of all his solicitude.
From The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
I passed unconcernedly through the house and took a seat in the back passage, and awaited events.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
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