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   alley

   /ˈali/

   noun

   • 1. a narrow passageway between or behind buildings: "he took a short cut along an alley"
   • ▪ a path lined with trees, bushes, or stones: "alleys of standing stones"
   • ▪ a long, narrow area in which games such as skittles and bowling are played: "a skittle alley"
   • ▪ either of the two side strips between the singles sideline and the sidelines which count as part of the court in a doubles match.
   • ▪ the area between the outfielders in left-centre or right-centre field.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French alee ‘walking or passage’, from aler ‘go’, from Latin ambulare ‘to walk’.

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   What does the word alley mean?

   • The word alleyway means the same thing. Alley can also refer to a narrow path or passage behind a row of houses, such as one that allows access to garages and back yards. An alley can also be a narrow street or lane—the word alley might even be used in the name of such a street, as in Elfreth’s Alley.

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   What is a bowling alley?

   • The term bowling alley refers to a building with lanes for bowling—which can also be called alleys. The proper plural of alley is alleys. Example: We took a shortcut through the narrow alley between the shops. Where does alley come from? The first records of the word al l ey come from the 1300s.

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   What does ally mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ALLEY definition: 1. a narrow road or path between buildings: 2. a path in a park or garden, especially with trees…. Learn more.

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   What does hit a line drive into an alley mean?

   • hit a line drive into the alley 3 : a narrow street especially: a thoroughfare through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings 4 : an extensive region where destructive natural phenomena of a specified type (such as tornadoes) occur often or are likely to occur

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   What is the difference between a blind alley and an alley cat?

   • A blind alley is a road or alley with a dead end (or a figurative dead end). An alley cat is a stray cat so-named probably because they often take shelter in alleys. If something is said to be up one’s alley, it means it is something that’s suited to their tastes or interests.

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   What is a Tornado Alley?

   • The most obvious tornado alleyextends from the plains of northwest Texas eastward into north Texas and then northward across Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastern Nebraska. —Tom Konvicka alley 2 of 2 noun (2) plural alleys : a playing marble especially: one of superior quality Phrases up one's alleyor less commonly down one's alley

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    The alley leads to the restaurant kitchen. They found the cat in an alley. a bar down a little alley; a maze of narrow alleys; An alley ran along the side of the house. She wandered back through the cobbled alleys. It is a medieval city of courtyards and twisting alleys.