By-street
a side street or a private or obscure street; byway.
Historical Examples
Phaeton Rogers Rossiter Johnson
Fraternity John Galsworthy
Hyacinth George A. Birmingham
The False Chevalier William Douw Lighthall
Frank Oldfield T.P. Wilson
The Tale of Timber Town Alfred Grace
The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Anonymous
The Belovd Vagabond William J. Locke
Dreamers of the Ghetto I. Zangwill
The Angel Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
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