- a variation of by-street.
bystreet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scared, the little man he was chasing ducked into a bystreet.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "Belle Normande" was a modest inn in a shady bystreet, where it gave me satisfaction to think Miss Spencer must have encountered local color in abundance.
From Four Meetings by James, Henry
It was a spirited sight to see them come leaping fences, tearing around corners, swarming out of every bystreet and alley.
From Those Extraordinary Twins by Twain, Mark
He left his hotel and took a lodging in the nearest bystreet to Mr. Restall's palace at Kensington.
From Little Novels by Collins, Wilkie
It was a bystreet into which gas had not yet penetrated, and the oil lamps shone red and dull through the fog.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
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