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- noun dialectal A
thoroughfare ; anentry ;passage ;passageway .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *thurh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang ("a going through, permeation"), equivalent to through- + gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan ("to go through, go over"), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaŋgan).
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