Meaning

2 senses
  1. An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.

    Near-synonym: bylane

  2. (euphemistic, slang)The anus.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom's body was found in a back alley.

  2. He went to a back alley.

  3. There's a cat in the back alley.

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  4. We drove through some quiet back alleys and we arrived on time.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: back alleys
Singularback alley
Pluralback alleys

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedback-alley

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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