backstreet

== English == === Alternative forms === back-street === Etymology === From back +‎ street. === Adjective === backstreet (comparative more backstreet, superlative most backstreet) Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents. (figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley. ==== Further reading ==== “backstreet abortion”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “backstreet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “backstreet” (US) / “backstreet” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. === Noun === backstreet (plural backstreets) Alternative spelling of back street.