Footway
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Definition
(n.) A passage for pedestrians only.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Footpath.
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Examples
- The broken footway is so narrow that when Allan Woodcourt comes to where the woman sits, he has to turn into the road to pass her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The window being accessible from the footway, he looked in over the blind, returned the shuttlecock, and put his question. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The crippling stones of the pavement, with their many little reservoirs of mud and water, had no footways, but broke off abruptly at the doors. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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