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I always wish the hotels were like they are in movies and TV shows, where if you're in Paris, right outside your window is the Eiffel Tower. In Egypt, the pyramids are right there. In the movies, every hotel has a monument right outside your window. My hotel rooms overlook the garbage dumpster in the back alley.
Gilbert Gottfried

Meaning of "back alley" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACK ALLEY

back alley  [bæk ˈælɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACK ALLEY

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Back alley is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACK ALLEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of back alley in the English dictionary

The definition of back alley in the dictionary is a narrow passageway behind a row of houses or buildings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACK ALLEY


alley
ˈælɪ
back-alley
ˈbækˌælɪ
bally
ˈbælɪ
challis
ˈʃælɪ
dally
ˈdælɪ
dilly-dally
ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ
galley
ˈɡælɪ
Halley
ˈhælɪ
kali
ˈkælɪ
pally
ˈpælɪ
rally
ˈrælɪ
reveille
rɪˈvælɪ
sallee
ˈsælɪ
sally
ˈsælɪ
scally
ˈskælɪ
shalli
ˈʃælɪ
sugarallie
ˈʃʊɡərˈælɪ
tally
ˈtælɪ
trevally
trɪˈvælɪ
valley
ˈvælɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK ALLEY

back
back and fill
back and forth
back bacon
back bay
back boiler
back burner
back catalogue
back copy
back country
back cover
back crawl
back door
back down
back electromotive force
back emf
back emission
back end
back flip
back foot

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK ALLEY

Alpine Valley
blind alley
bowling alley
Death Valley
dry valley
Great Rift Valley
hanging valley
intervalley
lilies of the valley
lily of the valley
rift valley
Seaton Valley
Shelley
Silicon Valley
skittle alley
tomalley
trolley
U-shaped valley
up one´s alley
Yosemite Valley

Synonyms and antonyms of back alley in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «back alley» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK ALLEY

Find out the translation of back alley to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back alley from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «back alley» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后巷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

callejón
570 millions of speakers

English

back alley
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस गली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشارع الخلفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глухой переулок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

beco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছনের সরুগলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ruelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lorong belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hintergasse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

裏通り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒷골목
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mburi gang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hẻm trở lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் சந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परत गल्ली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arka sokak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vicolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

back alley
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глухий провулок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alee înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σοκάκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terug stegie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gränd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakgate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of back alley

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK ALLEY»

The term «back alley» is regularly used and occupies the 68.227 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK ALLEY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about back alley

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2 QUOTES WITH «BACK ALLEY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word back alley.
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Lisa Edelstein
Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley?
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Gilbert Gottfried
I always wish the hotels were like they are in movies and TV shows, where if you're in Paris, right outside your window is the Eiffel Tower. In Egypt, the pyramids are right there. In the movies, every hotel has a monument right outside your window. My hotel rooms overlook the garbage dumpster in the back alley.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK ALLEY»

Discover the use of back alley in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to back alley and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Back-alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China
Back-Alley Banking includes lively biographical sketches of individual entrepreneurs; telling quotations from official documents, policy statements, and newspaper accounts; and interviews with a wide variety of women and men who give vivid ...
Kellee S. Tsai, 2004
2
Secrets of a Back Alley Id Man: Fake Id Construction ...
In Secrets of a Back-Alley ID Man, Sheldon Charrett (The Modern Identity Changer and Identity, Privacy, and Personal Freedom) will show you the most effective "new school" and "old-school" techniques for new IDs, as well as poor man's ...
Sheldon Charrett, Charrett Charrett, 2001
3
Back Alley Reporter
"Back Alley Reporter," McCardell's follow-up to his bestselling memoir "Chasing the Story God," is a charming collection of anecdotes, full of "un-put-downable" fun for anybody who enjoys a well-turned yarn.
Mike McCardell, 2009
4
Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950-2000
The enduring myth of the back -alley butcher has profound contemporary relevance. The anecdotal, unsubstantiated taint attached to old-time practitioners has a way of bleeding across time to infect the public and professional standing of ...
Rickie Solinger, 1998
5
College 101: The Book Your College Does Not Want You to Read
A tongue-in-check, yet informative guide for the college-bound student. No student should be without a copy of this "George-Carlinesque" swipe at the college industry.
Guy Stevens, 2004
6
Back Alley John
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Back Alley John (b. John Carl David Wilson, Ottawa, Ontario, February 10, 1955; d.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
7
The Brothers Karamazov
But destiny will be accomplished, and the best man will hold his ground while the undeserving one will vanish into his back-alley for ever--his filthy back-alley, his beloved back-alley, where he is at home and where he will sink in filth and ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1970
8
Survive!: My Fight for Life in the High Sierras
I respond, “Bring the truck down the back alley. But let's go up a couple of blocks so that we're out of sight first. Then we can enter the alley a couple of blocks north and cruise down the alley with the lights off.” After inching a block and a half ...
Peter DeLeo, 2005
9
A new and accurate history and survey of London, ...
Back-alley, which is a pasiage upon sufferance into Ropemakers- alley; Ramjhead-court ; Sugarloaf-court ; Sevenstar- court ; Sugarloaf-alley ; Butler's- alley, where it is said there is a Romijh chapel 5 Cur-yard; Cock-alley; all which are very ...
John Entick, 1766
10
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
... extra compensation for removing drunks and drug addicts who have celebrated that day and who have passed out in front of a store or in the back alley. Occasionally he helps proprietors find stolen goods, particularly if the value of the ...
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK ALLEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back alley is used in the context of the following news items.
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Working lunches around the world: what's in your lunchbox?
It's a tiny, no-frills place hidden down a back alley, but it is all about the food. Every day, the staff prepare a fresh selection of curries, daals and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Five arrested after Saint-Michel shooting
It happened around 9 p.m. when neighbours heard a number of shots coming from a back alley on 12th avenue between Denis-Pepin street ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
3
Helen Hayes Awards' pay requirements on hold for now …
“You can walk into the back alley, down the stairs and you can see the most glorious performances,” he said. “I'm proud, whenever I'm in a ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
4
Get Off the Couch: Lee Greenwood signing children's book here Friday
Other weekends this month, the Back Alley troupe will bring the show to Coolidge Park in Chattanooga and Camp Jordan in East Ridge. «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
5
Travel review: Perth, Freemantle and Rottnest Island
After a wander down some of the main strips, we cut off down a back alley and onto Murray Street – an industrial area reborn as a rat run of ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
6
When in Beijing
Turning into what looked like a back alley, we discovered the tourist treasure trove that is Wangfujing, a bustling street marketplace, which is a ... «Harvard Independent, Jul 15»
7
On the trail of a killer
Rezgui is pursued to a back alley and the video also captures the moment he is shot dead by authorities. Overnight, a local builder was also ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
8
“The Tempest” comes to the Northwest Georgia Bank Amphitheater …
Though the show is free, Back Alley is accepting tax-deductible donations at tinyurl.com/DonateBAP to help support the run of current and ... «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»
9
Practical back alley or cottage dock? Waterfront debate splits Toronto
Broadly speaking, should the lakeshore be more like a back alley or a cottage dock? Cheap and functional, and mostly used for transportation? «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
10
Back Alley Productions to host auditions for The Great Gatsby July …
Back Alley Productions will host auditions for the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic “The Great Gatsby,” Monday and Tuesday, July 27-28, from 6-9 p.m. ... «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»

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