Both Uses of
thoroughfare
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- By means of the two windows looking into the street, Albert could see all that passed; the sight of what is going on is necessary to young men, who always want to see the world traverse their horizon, even if that horizon is only a public thoroughfare.†
Chpt 39-40 *
- The street was laid out, a name was chosen and posted up on an iron plate, but before construction was begun, it occurred to the possessor of the property that a handsome sum might be obtained for the ground then devoted to fruits and vegetables, by building along the line of the proposed street, and so making it a branch of communication with the Faubourg Saint-Honore itself, one of the most important thoroughfares in the city of Paris.†
Chpt 51-52
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