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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Then the ufo landed in my back yard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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
He ran outside to check on two towering pine trees in his back yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
Standing there in that empty back yard, I was afraid, and then I thought of the Old Ones.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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