byroad

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By Emerson G. Taylor Miss Herron guided the fat horses into the byroad with the manner of a navigating officer on the bridge of a liner.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various

None of your gang saw him; but, as you can imagine, he was mightily surprised to see a mail-coach and team come jolting and floundering down that byroad.

From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Avery, Harold

Lane came to a byroad, a lane lined with trees.

From The Day of the Beast by Grey, Zane

Where the Fontanes highroad crosses the byroad to Sainte Lesse they were halted by a dusty column moving rapidly west—four hundred American mules convoyed by gendarmerie and remount troopers.

From Barbarians by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

There are fine merry fellows, full of mirth and shrewdly minted observation, who will not abide by one topic, who must always be lashing out upon some new byroad, snatching at every bush they pass.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher