by-street

or by·street

[ bahy-street ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of by-street¹

First recorded in 1665–75; by- + street

Example Sentences

The air of a city park contains relatively few bacteria as compared with the near-by street.

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There was a shop in a by-street which exposed photographs of Galway scenery in its windows for a time.

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When nearing my quarters I heard a faint "hillo" from a by-street, and a continental mess-mate stumbled almost into my arms.

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The room was a small and plain one, in a meek by-street which had to work hard to prove that it was not a slum, but did prove it.

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Not a gloomy by-street, not a dilapidated fountain, not a grim old college façade but had its history, or its legend.

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