[Y]ou, wi’ some o’ your auld warld stories, that the mind o’ man canna resist, whirl’d them to the back o’ beyont to look at the auld Roman camp—[…]
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Back of beyond
Synonyms for "back of beyond" (56 found)
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antipodeanantipodesbackback countryback-countrybackwoodbackwoodsbackwoodsychinadarkest africafrontiergod knows where
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godforsakengodforsaken placegreenlandhinterlandhyperboreaninaccessiblejumping-off placenorth polenowhereobscureout of reachout-of-the-wayoutbackouter mongoliaouter spaceoutpost
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outskirtspago pagopillars of herculespolesiberiasouth polesylvanthe boondocksthe great dividethe moonthe south seasthe sticksthe tulliesthuletierra del fuegotimbuktuultima thuleunapproachableungetatableuntouchable
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It was a regular outside bush township, and though the distance oughtn't to have much to say to people's honesty, you'll mostly find that these far-out back-of-beyond places have got men and women to match 'em.
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"I thought I should like to go near the sea — to some quite tiny country place at the back of beyond."
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To the "Sou' West" we owe such jolly little back-o'-beyond stations as Whithorn and Portpatrick.
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