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throughway|ˈθruːweɪ|
Also (N. Amer.) thruway, and with hyphen.
[f. through- + way n.1]
1. N. Amer. An expressway; a large toll road.
1934in Webster. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 25 Mar. 24/9 The proposal..for a throughway across a filled-in inner harbor. 1951Economist 22 Sept. 685/3 Plans for a ‘Thruway’ from New York City..to Buffalo on Lake Erie, are well advanced. 1969A. Lurie Real People 42 Down below the rose garden I can hear cars whirring past on the thruway. 1976T. Heald Let Sleeping Dogs Die ix. 176 The Dog Centre..was no more than three and a half hours' fast driving on the thru-way from Kennedy Airport.
2. gen. A way through; a means of passage through or between.
1935C. Day Lewis Time to Dance 22 Speak up, speak up, you skyward man, Speak up and tell us true; To east or west—which is the best, The through-way of the two? 1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 233 The cradle jolts and jerks under their combined assault, but remains obstinately blocking the throughway. |