ALLEY
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- Pronunciation: 'a-lE
- Function: noun
- Inflected Form(s): plural alleys
- Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French alee,
from Old French, from aler to go
- Date: 14th century
- 1 : a garden or park walk bordered by trees or
bushes
- 2 a (1) : a grassed enclosure for bowling or skittles
(2) : a hardwood lane for bowling; also : a room or
building housing a group of such lanes b : the space on
each side of a tennis doubles court between the sideline
and the service sideline c : an area in a baseball
outfield between two outfielders when they are in normal
positions
- 3 : a narrow street; especially : a thoroughfare
through the middle of a block giving access to the rear
of lots or buildings
- - up one's alley also down one's alley : suited to
one's own tastes or abilities
- Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R)
Dictionary, 10th Ed
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DRIVEWAY
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- Main Entry: drive·way
- Pronunciation: -"wA
- Function: noun
- Date: 1871
- : a private road giving access from a public way
to a building on abutting grounds
- Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R)
Dictionary, 10th Ed
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SIDEWALK
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- "That portion of a street between curb lines, or the
lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property
lines, intended for use by pedestrians."
- Sidewalk definition from Pennsylvania
State Motor Vehicle Code
- (supplied by the Borough of West
View)
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