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Definition of Alleys

1. alley [n] - See also: alley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alleys

Literary usage of Alleys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... intituled An act to appoint Commissioners to regulate the streets, lanes and alleys in the district of Southwark, and to lay out new streets, ..."

2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"... alleys then with an Hoe clear off the Weeds into the alleys, and dig up the alleys, burying the Weeds in the Bottom, and throw the Earth upon the Beds, ..."

3. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"WIND IN THE alleys Wind, rising in the alleys, My spirit lifts in you like a banner streaming free of hot walls. You are full of unshaped dreams . ..."

4. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"WIND IN THE alleys Wind, rising in the alleys, My spirit lifts in you like a banner streaming free of hot walls. You are full of unshaped dreams . ..."

5. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"alleys.—Ordinarily, the duty of a municipality to keep its streets in a reasonably safe condition for public travel, extends to public alleys, which, ..."

6. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Billiard tables and bowling alleys.—Since the keep- ig, for hire, of gaming apparatus, is only prohibited if the same is intended to be used for playing for ..."

7. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Billiard tables and bowling alleys.—Since the keeping, for hire, of gaming apparatus, is only prohibited if the same is intended to be used for playing for ..."

8. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie (1897)
"alleys. There are conveniences attendant on the use of alleys running through the ... The use of alleys should be carefully guarded by proper municipal ..."

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