Definition of Alley

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Definition of Alley

Alley

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.

A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

A choice taw or marble.

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Alley Quotations

Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out.
Steven Tyler

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.
Alicia Keys

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying.
Pete du Pont

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate.
Pete du Pont

There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.
Branford Marsalis

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head.
Martin Mull

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
Martin Mull

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.
Jane Kaczmarek

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Florence King

Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated.
Tom Chapin

Alley Translations

alley in Dutch is steeg
alley in French is ruelle
alley in German is Gasse, Weg, Allee {f}, Bahn, Pfad
alley in Italian is viuzza, vicolo

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