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a road — typically a main road, but potentially any road, path, or means of getting from one place to another
- ...speaking) at the bottom of Pivart's irrigation; Wakem had tried to make Dix stand out, and go to law about the dam; it was unquestionably Wakem who had caused Mr. Tulliver to lose the suit about the right of road and the bridge that made a thoroughfare of his land for every vagabond who preferred an opportunity of damaging private property to walking like an honest man along the highroad; all lawyers were more or less rascals, but Wakem's rascality was of that peculiarly aggravated...2.2 — Book 2 Chapter 2 — The Christmas Holidays (78% in)
There are no more uses of "thoroughfare" in The Mill on the Floss.
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