Both Uses of
thoroughfare
in
David Copperfield
- It was a warm, dusty evening, just the time when, in the great main thoroughfare out of which that by-way turned, there was a temporary lull in the eternal tread of feet upon the pavement, and a strong red sunshine.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- I suspect it may have been because nothing had a place of its own, except Jip's pagoda, which invariably blocked up the main thoroughfare.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(thoroughfare) a road -- typically a main road, but potentially any road, path, or means of getting from one place to another