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back passage

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noun

  1. the rectum

  2. an interior passageway towards the back of a building

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

And now they had arrived at the rear of the house, and stood in shadow opposite a back passage window.

From Nearly Lost but Dearly Won by Theodore P. Wilson

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

He shadowed Grantly till nearly half-past three, when that gentleman appeared in the back passage clad in sweater and shorts, with a Rugger ball under his arm.

From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

They went to the kitchen and tried the door into the back passage; but that, too, was locked.

From A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day by Helen M. (Helen Maria) Winslow

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