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backstreet

Syllabification: (back·street)
Pronunciation: /ˈbakˌstrēt/

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Definition of backstreet

noun

  • a minor street remote from a main road:the fetid backstreets of the shanty town [as modifier]:a backstreet garage

adjective

[attributive]
  • operating or performed secretly, and typically illegally:a loophole that allowed backstreet chemists to make methamphetamine

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