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noun

Alley n. (pl. alleys)

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. "I know each lane and every alley green."

A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.

A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

(Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

Alley n. (pl. alleys) A choice taw or marble.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Alley" Quotes from Famous Books

... blocks of the address on the tag, and Bud walked through thickening fog and dusk to the place. Foster had a good-looking house, he observed. Set back on the middle of two lots, it was, with a cement drive sloping up from the street to the garage backed against the alley. Under cover of lighting a cigarette, he inspected the place before he ventured farther. The blinds were drawn down—at least upon the side next the drive. On the other he thought he caught a gleam of light at ...

— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower

... must now call him, gave us a gesture of warning and began to lower his window. A pleasant aroma of roast beef came across the alley. The next instant the flowered dressing-gown had disappeared and the window opposite stared blankly ...

— Explorers of the Dawn • Mazo de la Roche

... her moved out of Grumble Street and into Thanksgiving Alley," he said, "it'll be a privilege for this village; but you can't do it, Anne. However, there's no use talking to you, you incorrigible optimist. You're the worst case I ever saw, Anne Peace, and I haven't the smallest hope ...

— "Some Say" - Neighbours in Cyrus • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

... which might have been formed from a view of the owner. The old King's Staith, on the right hand after crossing Ouse Bridge from the Micklegate, is a passageway scarcely to be called a street, but combining the features of an alley, a lane, a jetty, a quay, and a barge-walk, and ending ignominiously. Nevertheless, it is a lively place sometimes, and in moments of excitement. Also it is a good place for business, and for brogue of the broadest; and a man who is ...

— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore

... local or municipal in their character. The Government should see to it, for instance, that the hygienic and sanitary legislation affecting Washington is of a high character. The evils of slum dwellings, whether in the shape of crowded and congested tenement-house districts or of the back-alley type, should never be permitted to grow up in Washington. The city should be a model in every respect for all the cities of the country. The charitable and correctional systems of the District should ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

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