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back passage

British  

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

"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

Upon that, with the natural feelings of a mother, I said, "Good God, I beg your pardon!" fell over the door-step, and came away through the little back passage where the pantry is.'

From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles

Such, for instance, as opening the first door that comes handy, and finding himself stealing up-stairs by the back passage.

From I and My Chimney by Melville, Herman

And she flouncing down the back passage kicked snap who forthwith flew at the gardener.

From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Murphy, Hermann Dudley

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