back entryn.

Etymology: back adj. 1, back- comb. form 1b(b), entry n. 8.

An entry at the back of a house or houses. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > at the back of houses

back entry1677

service alley1885

service lane1899

jigger1902

1677 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1905) 5 216 For y^e back entry door 24 foot.

1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius Satyr (new ed.) ii. 22 We made off thro' a dirty Back-Entry.

1854 O. S. Fowler Home for All 127 From the center of the room toward the back-entry door to a door into the entry.

1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 191 Gone, like tenants that quit without warning, Down the back entry of time.

1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 105 He emerged at the back of the chapel and got by ‘back-entries’ into Aboukir Street.

1958 Observer 10 Aug. 2/7 Our recreation was spent in back entries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	back entry
释义	back entryn. Etymology: back adj. 1, back- comb. form 1b(b), entry n. 8. An entry at the back of a house or houses. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > at the back of houses back entry1677 service alley1885 service lane1899 jigger1902 1677 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1905) 5 216 For y^e back entry door 24 foot. 1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius Satyr (new ed.) ii. 22 We made off thro' a dirty Back-Entry. 1854 O. S. Fowler Home for All 127 From the center of the room toward the back-entry door to a door into the entry. 1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 191 Gone, like tenants that quit without warning, Down the back entry of time. 1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 105 He emerged at the back of the chapel and got by ‘back-entries’ into Aboukir Street. 1958 Observer 10 Aug. 2/7 Our recreation was spent in back entries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1677
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