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thoroughfare

tho·rough·fare

UK/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/ US/ˈθɜroʊˌfɛr/ rare

noun

1.

a public road from one place to another

Origin

From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).

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