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Back street

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
  2. (figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
  3. Alternative spelling of back street.

Example Sentences

The agency was given to some deserving politician who, as he knew nothing at all about Indians and spoke no language except traces of back-street American, would not be prejudiced in Indian affairs and interfere with the highly informed traders.
She's been living in her uptown world / I bet she's never had a backstreet guy / I bet her momma never told her why
They made these things for almost nothing, cutting them out of remnants they scrambled for in backstreet fabric outlets.
The results of self-induced and backstreet abortions come to our hospitals for the damage to be put right.

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Antonyms for back street

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What does back street mean?

Back street means Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents..

What is a synonym for back street?

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What is the opposite of back street?

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How do you use back street in a sentence?

The agency was given to some deserving politician who, as he knew nothing at all about Indians and spoke no language except traces of back-street American, would not be prejudiced in Indian affairs and interfere with the highly informed traders.

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