"back alley" meaning in All languages combined

See back alley on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-back alley.ogg Forms: back alleys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back alley (plural back alleys)
  1. An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses Categories (topical): Roads Derived forms: back-alley Translations (an alleyway that runs behind a row of houses): ruelle [feminine] (French), sēmitārius [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-back_alley-en-noun-LlujnFtr Disambiguation of Roads: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'an alleyway that runs behind a row of houses': 100 0
  2. (slang, euphemistic) The anus. Tags: euphemistic, slang Translations (the anus): entrée des artistes [feminine] (French), porte de derrière [feminine] (French), entrée de service [feminine] (French), couloir à lentilles [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-back_alley-en-noun-TO8onq6H Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'the anus': 0 100

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