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thoroughfare definition

thorough·fare (-fer′)

noun

  1. a way through or passage through
  2. a public street open at both ends; esp., such a street through which there is much traffic; highway; main road

Etymology: ME thurghfare: see through & fare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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