All 3 Uses of
labyrinth
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- We rattled through an endless labyrinth of gas-lit streets until we emerged into Farrington Street.†
Chpt 2 *
- Peterson had rushed forward to protect the stranger from his assailants; but the man, shocked at having broken the window, and seeing an official-looking person in uniform rushing towards him, dropped his goose, took to his heels, and vanished amid the labyrinth of small streets which lie at the back of Tottenham Court Road.†
Chpt 7
- It was a labyrinth of an old house, with corridors, passages, narrow winding staircases, and little low doors, the thresholds of which were hollowed out by the generations who had crossed them.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(labyrinth) a maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)
or: anything so complicated that it is extremely confusing
or: a complex anatomical system of interconnecting cavities -- especially the inner eareditor's notes: The word "labyrinth" comes from the name of the maze of passages where, in Greek mythology, Theseus had to escape from the Minotaur.