thoroughfare
/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/ noun C2- A passage; a way through.
- A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
- The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. · The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.
- An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
Plural thoroughfares
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Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.
Again, Park Lane is a frequented thoroughfare; there is a cab stand within a hundred yards of the house.
Here, in a broad thoroughfare, once the abode of wealthy City merchants, we found the sculpture works for which we searched.
A few minutes later, we had stopped at a large mansion in the busiest thoroughfare.
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