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Definition of Alley

Alley

  1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.
  2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
  3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  4. Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
  6. A choice taw or marble.

Alley Quotations

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

To my great surprise, Twitter is not housed in a silver pod that orbits Earth at supersonic speeds, vacuuming up and then dispersing digital bits of worldwide chitchat; it's in a big, bland office building in downtown San Francisco, near a bowling alley and an Old Navy.
Susan Orlean

To be a mentor for up-and-coming artists is right up my alley.
Jessica Simpson

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

But my husband came from a small town and hardworking parents like I did, and I don't think we've lost that mind-set. We don't have a bowling alley in our basement. We don't have houses on the beach and one in New York and one in L.A.
Carrie Underwood
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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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