by-alley

He gave the pocket, as soon as he had plucked it off, to his comrade, but having felt it rather weighty, would trust him no farther than the first by-alley before they stopped to examine its contents.

Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward

In Moscow they abound in every street, lane, and by-alley.

The Land of Thor 1848

We followed the advice of a railway attendant in going first to the May Pole, which proved to be a commercial inn, with the air of a drinking-shop, in a by-alley; and, furthermore, they could not take us in.

Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

We followed the advice of a railway attendant in going first to the May Pole, which proved to be a commercial inn, with the air of a drinking-shop, in a by-alley; and, furthermore, they could not take us in.

Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

He gave the pocket, as soon as he had plucked it off, to his comrade, but having felt it rather weighty, would trust him no farther than the first by-alley before they stopped to examine its contents.

Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735