back alley

Definitions

1. An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
2. The anus.
   euphemistic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Nobody goes up my back alley without a rubber on and I don't do heroin, so what's the worry⟳?”

“RALPH: This dress is not made for a big boy. It's going right up the back alley there.”

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