Noun

(en noun)

A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.

(colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.

* {{quote-book, year=2005

, author=Christopher Kennedy Lawford , title=Symptoms of withdrawal: a memoir of snapshots and redemption , page=18 citation , isbn=0060732482, 9780060732486 , passage=The entire beach was my backyard , from the Hiltons' house in the south all the way to Steele Hunter's house in the north.}}

(colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisidiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.

* {{quote-book, year=1942

, year_published= , author=Wilfrid Hardy Callcott , title=The Caribbean policy of the United States, 1890-1920 , page=343 citation , passage=However, the region was in the United States backyard and Britain should look passively on with acquiescence in whatever policy the United States saw fit to pursue about Mexico.}}

Noun

(en noun)

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

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#(lb) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.

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#(lb) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.

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#*:The garden parties of pre-1914 were something to be remembered. Everyone was dressed up to the nines, high-heeled shoes, muslin frocks with blue sashes, large leghorn hats with drooping roses. There were lovely iceswith every kind of cream cake, of sandwich, of éclair, and peaches, muscat grapes, and nectarines.

The at the front or back of a house.

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(lb) A cluster, a bunch.

(lb) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

*1995 , Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at etext.org on 9 May 2006

*:Blow on my garden' [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His '''garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits. ''(A commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16, which was written in Hebrew c950 BC; book footnotes shown here bracketed within the text; many scholars disagree with the Biblical interpretation, which is included as evidence of usage in 1995 rather than intended meaning in 950 BC.)

*c2004 , Hair Care Down There, Inc, The History of Hair Removal viewed at haircaredownthere.com on 9 May 2006 -

*:Primping and pruning the secret garden might seem like a totally 21st century concept, but the fact is women have gotten into below-the-belt grooming since before the Bronze Age.

*2006 , Guest on Female First Forum at femalefirst.co.uk posting on Fashionable to shave the pubic area?? viewed on 9 May 2006

A woman's [unshaven] dark pubic triangle, glistening with pussy nectar and promising access to a hidden garden of delights.