alley gate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Jeremiah Hughes was mowing a lawn on a Wednesday afternoon when two men barged through an alley gate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
The kitchen is wholly responsible for the garbage pail; each area or alley gate offering for inspection and infection its unsavory receptacle; and beyond that, the kitchen is in large measure responsible for the stable.
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
The answer was lost, for Mrs. Bahrr turned and fled across lots, by alley gate and side walk-way and vacant yard, to her own rear door.
From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill
Nance promptly stepped up to the alley gate and wiggled her fingers in a way peculiarly provocative to a juvenile enemy.
From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
And beyond this alley gate, outside which stood the barrel they were seeking, in the alley itself, with the cottage shanties of the alley world for background, stood Sister!
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden
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