back room

American  

Or backroom

noun

1. a room located in the rear, especially one used only by certain people.

2. a place where powerful or influential persons, especially politicians, meet to plan secretly or from which they exercise control in an indirect manner.

   The candidate for mayor was chosen in the precincts' back rooms.

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back room British  

noun

1. 1. a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime

   2. ( as modifier )

      back-room boys

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Etymology

Origin of back room

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

There was a constant procession through this little back room.

From Literature

When I arrived at the back room of a Glendale church, I was given a new name.

From Los Angeles Times

In the back room, she tucked a few wayward strands into the hair bun at her nape and tied an apron over her housedress.

From Literature

He’s heavier than the largest T. Rex ever unearthed, so huge that his magnificent tusks and skull had to be stored separately, in a back room.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gavin Vaughan, Scotland's chief analyst and a long-time part of Townsend's back room, is reportedly joining the club, external as head of recruitment at the end of the Six Nations.

From BBC