back alley vs byway

back alley

noun
  • An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses 

  • The anus. 

byway

noun
  • a road that is not frequently travelled. 

  • a little-known or arcane field of study or detail. 

  • a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path. 

How often have the words back alley and byway occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )