byroad
Britishnoun
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None of your gang saw him; but, as you can imagine, he was mightily surprised to see a mail-coach and team come jolting and floundering down that byroad.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
On a quiet byroad near headquarters town, where all the staff business of General Headquarters was conducted, a wisp of a flag hung at the entrance to the grounds of a small modern chateau.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
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 Albert F. Blaisdell
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 Christopher Morley
The National Route ran through Crépy, and the byroad through his native Villers-Cotterets.
From Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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