back yard
Britishnoun
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a yard at the back of a house, etc
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close at hand
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involving or implicating one See NIMBY
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Example Sentences
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She found that locals, especially immigrants who came here in the 1980s, look on the place as a back yard .
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Lalli bought his own generator and started throwing shows in his back yard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
“My brothers and I would jump in the back yard - it was our playground,” says Johanna.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
She rubs the steam from the window and stares into the back yard.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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