Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A side street.

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  • noun An obscure, private, or secondary street; byroad; byway

Etymologies

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From by- +‎ street.

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Examples

  • And Nur al-Din saw a fair bystreet, swept and sprinkled, whereon the zephyr blew and made pleasantness pervade it and the leaves of the trees overshaded it.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • In a quiet bystreet a German band of five players in faded uniforms and with battered brass instruments was playing to an audience of street arabs and leisurely messenger boys.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

  • Crowd behavior may be understandable in such situations, but it also makes us reflect on this twisting bystreet along the road to freedom.

    Letter from the Gdansk Prison Michnik, Adam 1985

  • But Conan turned into a narrow bystreet and quickened his pace.

    The Hour of the Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977

  • In a quiet bystreet a German band of five players in faded uniforms and with battered brass instruments was playing to an audience of street arabs and leisurely messenger boys.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • In a quiet bystreet a German band of five players in faded uniforms and with battered brass instruments was playing to an audience of street arabs and leisurely messenger boys.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • In a quiet bystreet a German band of five players in faded uniforms and with battered brass instruments was playing to an audience of street arabs and leisurely messenger boys.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1911

  • Aston's Quay, or to O'Clohissey's in the bystreet.

    Dubliners James Joyce 1911

  • I felt I ought to rush up and shake them, take them into a bystreet, turn their eyes upon Jupiter, and tell them they must die; but I thought it might spoil the play for them.

    Prose Fancies Richard Le Gallienne 1906

  • At home, in a quiet bystreet of a village, the man had been a worthy carpenter, and, even bedevilled as he is, he shows some private virtues.

    In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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