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backyard

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back·yard also back yard  (bkyärd)
n.
A yard at the rear of a house.
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Noun1.backyardbackyard - the grounds in back of a house
curtilage, grounds, yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
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Spanish backyard [bækˈjɑːd] n → patio trasero
French backyard [bækˈjɑːd] back n → arrière-cour f
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The view of ships lying moored in some of the older docks of London has always suggested to my mind the image of a flock of swans kept in the flooded backyard of grim tenement houses.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Lastly, when David is discovered of some offence and expresses sorrow therefor, he does that thing no more for a time, but looks about him for other offences, whereas Porthos incontinently repeats his offence, in other words, he again buries his bone in the backyard, and marvels greatly that I know it, although his nose be crusted with earth.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Rachel stepped out of the lane into the backyard of Green Gables.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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