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back alley

[bak-al-ee] / ˈbækˈæl i /
NOUN
street
Synonyms
STRONGEST
avenue boulevard court highway lane pavement place road roadway route thoroughfare track trail
STRONG
artery byway drag drive parkway passage row stroll terrace turf way
WEAK
dead end

Example Sentences

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Bickerstaff was referring to a time-honored tradition of Detroit basketball: Turning a hard court ballet into a back-alley brawl.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

She’s on the wrong side of 50, has been fired from her retro-style exercise show and is so desperate that she’s considering submitting to a back-alley rejuvenation regime.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

In this country, before abortion was legal, women went to both reputable doctors and back-alley quacks to get care.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2023

They loved the supreme crispiness surrounding divine meatiness they encountered at the best back-alley katsu places in Japan — where, as with ramen, katsu is taken to the level of a comfort-food art form.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

A legendary MI6 operative, she’d served as a field agent for more than twenty-five years, and rumor had it the missing finger and limp were the results of a back-alley knife fight in Bangkok.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti