Associations to the word «Backstretch»

Wiktionary

BACKSTRETCH, noun. The part of a racecourse that is farthest from the grandstand and parallel to the homestretch.
BACKSTRETCH, noun. The area adjacent to a racetrack where the horses are stabled and stable employees have temporary living accommodations.
BACKSTRETCH, noun. The middle part of an event

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats