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back alleys

back alleys is the plural of back alley.

Meaning of back alley

Noun

back alley (plural back alleys)

  1. An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
    • Near-synonym: bylane
  2. (euphemistic, slang) The anus.
    • 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

Questions about back alleys

What is back alleys the plural of?
Back alleys is the plural of back alley.

Words near back alleys in the dictionary

  1. back action
  2. back actor
  3. back actors
  4. back against the wall
  5. back alley
  6. back alleys
  7. back alleyway
  8. back alleyways
  9. back and edge
  10. back and fill
  11. back and fore

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