单词 | thoroughfare town |
释义 | > as lemmasthoroughfare town thoroughfare town n. a place through which road traffic passes; a town on a highway or route. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town by situation thoroughfare1424 thoroughfare town1515 outtown?1517 sea-town1578 frontier1604 by-town1683 out-borough1832 out-township1837 1515–16 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 66 It is bot ane throwchfair town within the said barony and thar is na uthir baron nor townis within barony taxt with burrowis bot the said town. 1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 264 [Boroughbridge] being one thoroughffare towne of the Kinges strete. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 25 William of Ware born in that thorough fair Town twenty miles from London. 1728 Stamford Mercury 15 Feb. 55/2 To be Lett..At Harborough in the County of Leicester, a thorough-fare Town from Leicester to Coventry..a good..House. 1850 Brit. Friend Mar. 80/2 (advt.) To be let, in an improving thoroughfare town in Kent, a spacious shop. 1907 J. Woods Annals Westmeath 10 It would benefit the followers of Cromwell if they had possession of it, being a thoroughfare town, half way between Mullingar and Athlone. 2013 Brentwood Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Sept. 26 It's a thoroughfare town, built on the Ancient Essex Great Road. < as lemmas |
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