backstreetsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈbæk.striːts/us/ˈbæk.striːts/the older and poorer areas of a town or city:
She grew up in the backstreets of Boston.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- gated community
- ghetto
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- the wrong/other side of the tracks idiom
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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Roads: urban & residential streets
backstreet
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈbæk.striːt/us/ˈbæk.striːt/