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back entry
[back a. 1, back- A. 5, entry 7.]
An entry at the back of a house or houses. Also fig.
1677in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1905) V. 216 For y⊇ back entry door 24 foot. 1694W. Burnaby tr. Petronius's Satyricon ii. 22 We made off thro' a dirty Back-Entry. 1854O. S. Fowler Home for All 127 From the center of the room toward the back-entry door to a door into the entry. 1855[see entry 7]. 1912A. Bennett Matador of 5 Towns 105 He emerged at the back of the chapel and got by ‘back-entries’ into Aboukir Street. 1958Observer 10 Aug. 2/7 Our recreation was spent in back entries. |