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- [bak street]
- /bæk strit/
- /bæk striːt/
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- [bak street]
- /bæk strit/
Definitions of back-street word
- adjective back-street taking place in secrecy and often illegally: back-street political maneuvering; back-street drug dealing. 1
- noun back-street a street apart from the main or business area of a town. 1
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Origin of back-street
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900
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Parts of speech for Back-street
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
back-street popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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