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  • noun Plural form of backstreet.

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Examples

  • The closest he'll get to “getting” Springsteen is assuming hiding on the backstreets is a round trip ticket seated in coach.

    What Remains II Teri Pastore 2010

  • Ducking into backstreets with stalls full of electronic parts and gizmos, they wound up with a cornucopia: USB-powered ashtrays shaped like football helmets that suck up smoke; a plate-sized disk that simulated the phases of the moon; a breathalyzer you could install in your car; and a stubby wand that, when waved back and forth, spelled out words in LED lights.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • After that, a one-upsmanship game among Northrop’s stable of authors filled the city backstreets with so many dangers it had to be cursed (even though such was not mentioned specifically until 1941).

    The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009

  • Angela – the teenager taking pictures of the burning Carpetright store – was being driven to Wood Green along backstreets when she saw the commotion.

    A fire lit in Tottenham that burned Manchester: the rioters' story 2011

  • There are so many lonely backstreets, so many boarded-up buildings, so many spaces that you don't even think about.

    Once 'Lost,' Now Found Barbara Chai 2011

  • These are Ghetto tactics brought to the forefront in Washington from the backstreets of Chicago!

    Freshman Dem: Passing health care reform worth losing my seat 2009

  • Weaving back and forth from the theatre to the court to the backstreets of Drury Lane, Exit the Actress follows Ellen, by means of her fictionalized journal entries, letters from the royal family, playbills, recipes, and many other creative and comprehensive documents.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Ducking into backstreets with stalls full of electronic parts and gizmos, they wound up with a cornucopia: USB-powered ashtrays shaped like football helmets that suck up smoke; a plate-sized disk that simulated the phases of the moon; a breathalyzer you could install in your car; and a stubby wand that, when waved back and forth, spelled out words in LED lights.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • Weaving back and forth from the theatre to the court to the backstreets of Drury Lane, Exit the Actress follows Ellen, by means of her fictionalized journal entries, letters from the royal family, playbills, recipes, and many other creative and comprehensive documents.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

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