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
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 Castle, Egerton
The house, nevertheless, was a respectable one, and, like all the others, fronted on another street—this dark Toison d'Or being merely a back passage used principally by the tradespeople for the delivery of supplies.
From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Hanshew, Thomas W.
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 Carleton, William
"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
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