back road
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of back road
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
In the end, on 11 December, I drove with a colleague along a back road to Nuseirat.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024
Christian Martinez, 29, is the first conviction for the U.S. government over the tragedy in San Antonio, where the truck was found on a remote back road in June 2022.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023
The only drivable route near Camp River Glen now is a one-lane dirt back road.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023
The ash trees lining the lonely one-lane back road were just coming into their lovely young skin, but in the afternoon light their shadows couldn’t have been longer.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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