Associations to the word «Backblock»

Wiktionary

BACKBLOCK, noun. (Australia) (New Zealand) (usually in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan