backstreet
noun
back·street
ˈbak-ˈstrēt 
often attributive
: a street away from the main thoroughfares
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Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, São Paulo’s industrial backstreets and the walls along the metro lines have always been arenas for expression.
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Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Without a studio deal or traditional packaging, the young trio’s goal has been to build an independent empire from the backstreets of London to the heart of Hollywood.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
That includes brick walls like Chicago backstreets, memorabilia from the Windy City's sports teams, other Chicago pictures and a wall with Illinois license plates that were brought in by customers.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Guys on mopeds are whizzing around the backstreets like dragonflies.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 30 May 2025
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Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Without a studio deal or traditional packaging, the young trio’s goal has been to build an independent empire from the backstreets of London to the heart of Hollywood.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
That includes brick walls like Chicago backstreets, memorabilia from the Windy City's sports teams, other Chicago pictures and a wall with Illinois license plates that were brought in by customers.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Guys on mopeds are whizzing around the backstreets like dragonflies.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 30 May 2025
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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backstreet. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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