back-alley

[bak-al-ee]

back-al·ley

[bak-al-ee]
adjective
dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism
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Back-alley is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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