byroad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You ran a very great risk, dear, when you went into that byroad and were attacked by those fierce dogs.
From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by Meade, L. T.
The lads chose the valley bottom for their journey and avoided the highway which swung to the left and made a wide detour before the byroad that approached Haystack Mountain joined it.
From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Crump, Irving
The party stopped at a small tavern on a byroad in Virginia, to rest the horses.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Blaisdell, Albert F.
She will get warning of danger, and guides across the country--peasants who know every byroad through the fields, and every shallow in the rivers.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The tavern-keeper said he saw such a couple turn into the byroad in front of his place, and wondered at it, for it was rare to see anybody enter that road.
From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Sellar, Gordon
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