by-street

American  

[bahy-street] / ˈbaɪˌstrit /

Or bystreet

noun

1. a side street or a private or obscure street; byway.

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Etymology

Origin of by-street

First recorded in 1665–75; by- + street

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Example Sentences

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by-street

She could, and did, imagine a sublimated “dwelling in amity” on the little by-street in Tillbury.

From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Annie Roe Carr

At Chateaudun as at Vendome, we sought out lodgings in a by-street, and therein passed the night.

From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Robert Neilson Stephens

Confronted by the elaborate surprises of these rank-and-file men, the patriotic critic, supposing such an anomaly to exist, will have to admit that English painting remains where it has generally been—in a by-street.

From Pot-Boilers by Clive Bell

He followed the man, and in a few minutes found himself in a narrow by-street, where a single carriage was standing.

From One Of Them by Charles James Lever

The prison was in a by-street of shabby houses.

From The Benefactress by Elizabeth

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