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Definition of Back porch
1. Noun. A porch for the back door.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Back Porch
Literary usage of Back porch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"back porch. The second floor contains four good-sized chambers, each with a closet
or a Dressing-room. As the partitions arc similar to those on the first ..."
2. Community Hygiene by Woods Hutchinson (1920)
"The back porch and summer kitchen. A most important part of the house is the back
porch, ... A well-screened back porch where the refrigerator can stand, ..."
3. Grammar & Punctuation by Jo Ellen Moore (2002)
"The frightened puppy hid under the back porch. The birthday candles with red
stripes were flickering. The thirsty boy drank the juice in one swallow. ..."
4. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"Q. So a person could come down from upstairs upon that back porch ?—A. Yes, sir.
Q. And on the back porch and step off on the road between the barracks? ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"He sauntered off the wide back porch toward the front of the house. ... He uttered
an exclamation and returned hurriedly to the back porch to verify his ..."
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