THE BACK OF BEYOND, subs. phr. (common).—An out of the way place; ever so far off.

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  1887.  W. A. PATON, Down the Islands, Introduction. I sat down … with no more notion that I should find myself at dinner-time that day at sea … than I have … of setting out before to-morrow to seek my fortune in the uttermost part of the mysterious country known as the BACK OF BEYOND.

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