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by-street|ˈbaɪstriːt|
Also 8–9 bye-street.
[f. by- 3 b + street.]
A street out of the main thoroughfare; a side street, lying out of the way, and hence less frequented.
1672Dryden Prol. Women (Globe) 412 In sum by-street To take a lodging. 1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4029/2 They were to watch him at the turning of a certain By-street. 1780Coxe Russ. Discov. 216 It has two principal streets..with two by-streets running South. 1880Browning Dram. Idylls, Pietro 38 Padua's blackest blindest bye-street. |