Backroom
a room located in the rear, especially one used only by certain people.
a place where powerful or influential persons, especially politicians, meet to plan secretly or from which they exercise control in an indirect manner:
the candidate for mayor was chosen in the precincts’ back rooms.
contemporary examples
i want missourians to make a choice in this election based on policy, not backroom politics.
abortion opponents and many democrats want todd akin to stay in senate race patricia murphy august 20, 2012
the tightly controlled ch-r-ography stirred the emotions while celebrating the unsung heroes of the backroom.
galliano erased at christian dior robin givhan march 6, 2011
it was reminiscent of the old days of backroom politics and half-drunk reporters swaying against their typewriters.
the bizarro world of iowa’s gop convention ben jacobs june 22, 2014
in our political system, presidents are not empowered to promise to launch wars in backroom negotiations with foreign leaders.
obama needs u.s. debate before making pledges to israel about attacking iran peter beinart august 19, 2012
i thought it would be hidden, out in the woods, or some kind of backroom deal.
the true story behind dallas buyers club: meet the real ron woodruff andrew romano november 2, 2013
historical examples
he had also meant to do general repair work in the backroom shop.
the planet strappers raymond zinke gallun
on arriving at the huckster’s, he found him in the backroom, or parlor, to which we have before alluded.
the black baronet; or, the chronicles of ballytrain william carleton
he pulled the sheet up over emma’s body, leaving it on the backroom couch to which they had carried it.
no strings attached lester del rey
on his way back, he noticed there were two others in the backroom, a couple of men gnawing on pretzels over beers.
hooded detective, volume iii no. 2, january, 1942 various
just then there came a low, long groan from the backroom, and at the same time some one came into the parlor.
romance of california life
john habberton
noun
a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime
(as modifier): back-room boys
adjective
having to do with political expediency; from the inner circles of party affairs: a backroom decision/ backroom motives
related terms
the boys in the backroom
[1940s+;fr see what the boys in the back room will have, suggesting a secret conclave in the rear of a saloon]
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