back alley
back alley noun: an alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
Noun
back alley (plural back alleys)
- An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
- Near-synonym: bylane
- Apocalypse also happens to be a Fagin figure, shuffling around the back alleys of Cairo, where he makes the weather-controlling pickpocket Storm (Alexandra Shipp) his first follower by offering her baubles.2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club
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- Nobody goes up my back alley without a rubber on and I don't do heroin, so what's the worry?1991, Mack Tanner, The Stalker, page 178
- RALPH: This dress is not made for a big boy. It's going right up the back alley there.2018, Ralph Breaks the Internet (film)
Synonyms of back alley
Forms of back alley
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Words formed from back alley
Questions about back alley
- What does back alley mean?
- Back alley means an alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
- What part of speech is back alley?
- Back alley is a noun.
- What is the plural of back alley?
- The plural of back alley is back alleys.
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