Throughfare

noun

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Noun

1
Obsolete form of thoroughfare. alt-of, obsolete
"Hurt him? His body's a passable carcass, if he be / not hurt. It is a throughfare for steel, if it be not hurt."

Synonyms

alley alleyway arterial arterial highway arterial street artery

Example

"Hurt him? His body's a passable carcass, if he be / not hurt. It is a throughfare for steel, if it be not hurt."

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