back road
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of back road
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
The crash involving a silver Peugeot 107 happened at about 01:20 BST on a back road at Haldon near Exeter Racecourse, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
The only drivable route near Camp River Glen now is a one-lane dirt back road.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023
We follow McCormick as he travels down back road after back road in rural Mississippi, knocking on doors, talking in barbershops, hanging out in pool rooms, hitting dead ends, turning his car around.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Up ahead where the land began to drop there was a junction with a back road and some kind of commotion was taking place.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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