byroad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There are fine merry fellows, full of mirth and shrewdly minted observation, who will not abide by one topic, who must always be lashing out upon some new byroad, snatching at every bush they pass.
From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher
The horse no doubt came in on a sort of byroad that led to Camp Barry, which turned north from the Branch Barracks towards the Bladensburg road.
From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom
He therefore struck off by a byroad and, travelling slowly along, turned off two hours later to a farmhouse, the lights from which had made him aware of its proximity.
From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
By Emerson G. Taylor Miss Herron guided the fat horses into the byroad with the manner of a navigating officer on the bridge of a liner.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
About half a mile farther, where a byroad turned off towards Fairfield, the riders came upon a remarkable group in high debate over a donkey—Lady Latimer, Gampling the tinker, and the rural policeman.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]
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