by-street
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She took Miss Chrysanthemum and Mr. Prosperity under her wing, as it were, rented a comfortable little house on a by-street and installed them therein, married.
From A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi
So musing, Martin came to a by-street that divided two warehouses.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
A turn to the right led through a small entry into a by-street which gave access to one of the main thoroughfares of the city.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
In an unpretentious little house in a Greenock by-street James Watt first saw the light.
From The Boyhood of Great Inventors by A. Fraser Robertson
My destination was in a by-street in a mean, rickety building.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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