"back street" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: back streets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back street (plural back streets)
  1. A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre. Derived forms: back-street abortion Translations (small and narrow street): 背街 (bèijiē) (Chinese Mandarin), baggade [common-gender] (Danish), achterafstraat (Dutch), achterafstraatje [neuter] (Dutch), sivukatu (Finnish), Seitengasse [feminine] (German), cúlsráid [feminine] (Irish), 裏通り (uradōri) (alt: うらどおり) (Japanese), bakgate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bakgate [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), закоу́лок (zakoúlok) [masculine] (Russian), глуха́я у́лица (gluxája úlica) [feminine] (Russian), задво́рки (zadvórki) [feminine] (Russian), callejuela [feminine] (Spanish), callejón [masculine] (Spanish), bakgata [common-gender] (Swedish), gränd [common-gender] (Swedish), stryd gefn (Welsh)
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  2. A secret, clandestine or illegal scene.
    Sense id: en-back_street-en-noun-H-1136gt

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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