back yard
Britishnoun
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a yard at the back of a house, etc
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close at hand
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involving or implicating one See NIMBY
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Example Sentences
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Then the ufo landed in my back yard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
“There’s a lot of memories in that back yard that I will cherish forever.”
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
And it was on one such evening that we went out into the back yard because the house and stable had not cooled off as fast as the outside.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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