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nounhouseback (plural housebacks)
plural housebacks
- The rear of a house.
Out from a deep-delved way my vision lit / On housebacks pink, green, ochreous […]
1901, Thomas Hardy, Genoa and The Mediterranean1 more example
The light on the policeman's lantern glared over the ghastly scene—along the double row of miserable housebacks, which lined the sides of the open tidal ditch […]
1850, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke
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houseback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseback
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“houseback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseback. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houseback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseback.
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