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alley gate
noun
- a metal spiked gate erected behind a terrace of houses to deter burglars
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After we have put on our disguises, we will go down stairs very softly and steal out at the alley gate.
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His captors had evidently entered the campus from the alley gate at the back, where no one would be likely to see them.
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They hurried to the alley gate, and there they found the letter, as the Black Star had said.
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And don't I wish I could hear him giving his call for me out by the alley gate!
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He had stepped outside to find one Smooth Crumbaugh leaning upon the alley gate.
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