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Back porch

noun

A porch for the back door.

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"Back porch" Quotes from Famous Books

... came out upon the back porch and listened to Ensal's story. She dared not look him in the face too often. Her eyes told too plainly of ...

— The Hindered Hand - or, The Reign of the Repressionist • Sutton E. Griggs

... occasion, says "Lippincott's Magazine," to stop at a country home where a tin basin and a roller-towel on the back porch sufficed for the family's ablutions. For two mornings the "hired man" of the household watched in silence the visitor's efforts at making a toilette under the unfavorable auspices, but when on the third day the ...

— Good Stories from The Ladies Home Journal • Various

... house, made by knocking two small rooms together, seemed fairly full already, and other guests were on the back porch. The Graces were there, putting the finishing-touches to the table—Helga had not come, after all, but had gone instead, with her young man, to spend a few sunny afternoon hours among the films. And one of the young business- men present at Mrs. Phillips' dinner was present here; ...

— Bertram Cope's Year • Henry Blake Fuller

... two cupfuls of water to wash your hands and one for your face. You'll find the barrel and basin upon the back porch. And don't throw the water away! I'll save it for you to use the next ...

— Under Handicap - A Novel • Jackson Gregory

... chicken salad that are left over. Colonel Morrison told us that no child was ever known to adorn the back yard of the Conklin home while a social cataclysm was going on, but that when Mrs. Morrison entertained the Ladies' Literary League, children from the holy Conklin family went home from his back porch with their faces smeared with chicken croquettes and their hands sticky ...

— Americans All - Stories of American Life of To-Day • Various

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