All 3 Uses of
thoroughfare
in
The Age of Innocence
- As the young man strolled up Fifth Avenue from Waverley Place, the long thoroughfare was deserted but for a group of carriages standing before the Reggie Chiverses' (where there was a dinner for the Duke), and the occasional figure of an elderly gentleman in heavy overcoat and muffler ascending a brownstone doorstep and disappearing into a gas-lit hall.†
Chpt 12
- Archer had seated himself near the window and was gazing out blankly at the deserted thoroughfare.†
Chpt 27
- They had crossed the Place des Invalides, and were walking down one of the thoroughfares flanking the building.†
Chpt 34 *
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