Usually means: Narrow street behind buildings, hidden.
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  1. back-alley: Merriam-Webster
  2. back-alley, back-alley: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Back-alley, back-alley: Wordnik
  4. back-alley: Wiktionary
  5. back-alley: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. back-alley: Dictionary.com
  7. back-alley: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adjective:  Occurring away from publicity, or in mean surroundings; backstreet.

Similar:
backstairs, backstage, back, behind the scenes, streetside, underground, backward, backside, subterranean, offstage, more...

Opposite:
main street, thoroughfare, boulevard, avenue

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Similar:
backstairs, backstage, back, behind the scenes, streetside, underground, backward, backside, subterranean, offstage, more...

Opposite:
main street, thoroughfare, boulevard, avenue



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