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backyard

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back·yard also back yard  (bkyärd)
n.
A yard at the rear of a house.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
Translations
backyard [ˈbækˈjɑːd] N (Brit) → patio m trasero (US) → jardín m trasero
in one's own backyarden su misma puerta, delante de sus narices
"not in my backyard" (slogan) → "no lo quiero en mi patio"(residuos tóxicos)
backyard back yard [ˌbæˈkjɑːrd] n
[house] → arrière-cour f
(fig) one's own backyard → chez soi
not in my back yard! → pas de ça chez moi!


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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.
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.
Rachel stepped out of the lane into the backyard of Green Gables.
 
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