单词 | back-double |
释义 | > as lemmasback-double back-double n. Brit. /ˈbakˌdʌbl/ , U.S. /ˈbækˌdəb(ə)l/ dialect a back street, a side road.ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > back street back streetc1450 back-double1932 1932 A. R. L. Gardner Tinker's Kitchen 281 Back-doubles = back streets. 1938 ‘J. Curtis’ They drive by Night viii. 98 Tied up in these back doubles. 1957 L. P. Hartley Hireling 43 Leadbitter avoided the thronged main roads, steering his way through the ‘back-doubles’, to save time and petrol. 1976 A. Hill Summer's End i. 8 I left the fields behind and crossed the high street, then round the back-doubles to school. < as lemmas |
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