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
Suddenly, in a back passage, leading from her office to the housekeeper's room, she came upon a boy of fourteen, Forest's hall-boy, really a drudge-of-all-work, on whom essential things depended.
From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
"But, Monsieur, I have not asked you yet what madness sent you traversing this back passage at two in the morning."
From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha
And he pitied the poor boys still more when he got to the back passage leading to the pantry, where there was no carpet at all, only oilcloth.
From The Adventures of Herr Baby by Crane, Walter
There is no back passage by which any one could have descended while the party proceeded up stairs.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
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