back passage
Britishnoun
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the rectum
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an interior passageway towards the back of a building
Example Sentences
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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
Of a sudden she threw over her shoulders a thick cloak, and, by a dark back passage of the old house, stole out into the moonlight.
From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Grant, Robert
The dark Toison d'Or was merely a back passage used principally by the tradespeople for the delivery of supplies.
From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.
On reaching the foot of the stairs, we were informed that William had gone out by a back passage which led down to the sea-beach, and we turned our steps thither.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
Then appearing, in person, outside the window of the covered back passage, she made thousand of appeals to Chang Te-hui to look after her son and take good care of him.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
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