back-alley



back-alley

adjective Disreputable, unethical, squalid, and/or surreptitious. It is a modifier always used before a noun. I know a place that does back-alley dental work for a fraction of the normal cost, though, understandably, their results aren't always the best. The governor was found guilty of partaking in back-alley deals with local developers to secure costs lower than his budget.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Olympia[əu'limpiə]
Don[dɔn]
BÉRÉNice-French
Lucien-French
Alexeyah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Ottmar-German