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An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses
2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club:
Apocalypse also happens to be a Fagin figure, shuffling around the back alleys of Cairo, where he makes the weather-controlling pickpocket Storm (Alexandra Shipp) his first follower by offering her baubles.
Nobody goes up my back alley without a rubber on and I don't do heroin, so what's the worry?
2018, Ralph Breaks the Internet (film)
RALPH: This dress is not made for a big boy. It's going right up the back alley there.
Usage notes
In the United Kingdom, a residence or other premises whose only entrance is on a back alley will have an address of the form "Back of Something Street", where the row of houses is in "Something Street".
