by-street
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of by-street
Example Sentences
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The insurgents thought no more of a foe who had only retired out of sight down a by-street.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
She took Miss Chrysanthemum and Mr. Prosperity under her wing, as it were, rented a comfortable little house on a by-street and installed them therein, married.
From A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi
Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street, but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
So musing, Martin came to a by-street that divided two warehouses.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
Pause in a narrow by-street in a crowd, and it shall be that Borgo Allegri, which the people so baptized for love of the old painter and the new-born art.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
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