back green

British  

noun

1. dialect grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement

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back green

Long after the ash had washed away and the charred landscapes grew back green, trauma remained.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2020

The 18-year-old Hammer chipped in for eagle from just off the back green on the 18th to beat Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, 2 up.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2018

The mountains rolled back, green on the slopes, blue at the crests, and below him, like a brown robe, lay the wavering plain across which they had come.

From The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Mr. Nicholson sat silent for an appreciable time while his unhappy son surveyed the poles in the back green, and a certain yellow cat that was perched upon the wall.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Stat. c. plains        12 Head, neck, chest, back green; rump little red; abdomen, thighs scarlet; forehead, shoulder, under base tail yellow; f., brick red patch on shoulder, duller.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert