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areaway
[ air-ee-uh-wey ]
noun
- a sunken area leading to a cellar or basement entrance, or in front of basement or cellar windows.
- a passageway, especially one between buildings.
areaway
/ ˈɛərɪəˌweɪ /
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She directed the detective along a narrow areaway at the side of the house, and in a moment reappeared at the back door.
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Across the way a slinking shadow left the sidewalk and blended indistinguishably with the crowded shadows of an areaway.
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Across the street the voluntary shadow detached itself from cover in the areaway, and skulked after him.
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All this while, across the street, in the shadow of an areaway, stood a man in a mackintosh and a felt hat drawn well down.
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She went out of the quarters, crossed the areaway, and stood under the landing slot.
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