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no-ˈthoroughfare
A way, lane, etc., from which there is no exit at one end; a cul-de-sac.
The notice No Thoroughfare is freq. put up at the entrance to such places; also in streets temporarily closed, or ways not open to the public.
1809Malkin Gil Blas ii. iii. ⁋1, I was on my way to No Thoroughfare. 1843Dickens Mart. Chuz. ix, In the throats and maws of dark no-thoroughfares. 1870J. H. Newman Gram. of Assent ii. vii. 211 A host of like questions..must be deliberately put aside,..as (so to speak) no-thoroughfares, having no outlet themselves [etc.].
attrib.1815Simond Tour Gt. Brit. II. 259 One of those no-thoroughfare lanes or courts. |