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back lot

or backlot

noun

, Movies.

an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

"That's Pete Moser, he's out in the back lot plowin'," a half dozen voices responded.

Bending low he hurled himself at them as he had done when playing football on a back lot.

They were regular humbugs; and so the mob took them, and tarred and feathered them in the back lot.

If you have visions of seeing Phil chased over the back lot by any stepmother, you have another guess coming.

"Bart, I've some wheat to be threshed in the barn on the back lot," said the Senator as I was leaving them.

April 25, 2024firkin

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