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Huge tubs of cracked ice in which the ice cream containers are buried are already standing in the shade of the areaway or in the back yard LAST PREPARATIONS Back again in the drawing-room, the florist and his assistants are still tying and tacking and arranging and adjusting branches and garlands and sheaves and bunches, and the floor is a litter of twigs and strings and broken branches.

—Etiquette

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noun A small sunken area allowing access or light and air to basement doors or windows.
noun An often narrow passageway between buildings.

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The startled policemen fell down a basement areaway, dragging one of their number who had taken bullets through his legs The raiders betook themselves away Not once did Doc Savage detect a trace of the girl. — 028 - The Roar Devil
Across the areaway, a light came on, causing Monk to dodge wildly for cover, but it was only a curious neighbor turning on his light and raising his window shade. — 155 - Measures For A Coffin
There was a red lantern at the iron gate to the areaway, inside of which the Chinaman's name was printed. — The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
No areaway, no alley He ran toward an adjoining house. — 157 - Terror And The Lonely Widow
The window opened into a court; below there was a concrete areaway, and the fire escape, if they were using it, was on the back of the building. — 179 - The Green Master