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alley-way orig. U.S.|ˈælɪweɪ|
Also alloway |ˈæləweɪ|.
[f. alley + way n.1]
A narrow passage or avenue, e.g. between houses or between rows of cabins in a ship.
1788P. M. Freneau Misc. Wks. 223 The article stipulated..that the alley-way should be sufficient for the passing and repassing of the plaintiff. 1854Harper's Mag. IX. 849/2, I was taken to the Auburn state-prison. And as I walked along the concealed alley-ways,..I bethought me of my theft of fruit. 1888Murray's Mag. III. 238 The covered way, or ‘alloway’, on the port side, which led from the quarter-deck to the fore part of the ship. 1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 231 Alley-way between the after-deck house and the bulwarks. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 286/2 The main street of this town was as dirty as the filthiest alley-way found in any large city of America. 1920Blackw. Mag. Jan. 108/2 A local marshman as a guide, or you will soon find yourself lost in the maze of alleyways through the giant reeds. 1924Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xi. 193 Her decks and alleyways were crowded with voyagers and those who had come to see those voyagers off. |