alley : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a homeless cat
  

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• noun a street with only one way in or out
  impasse; dead-end street; cul de sac.
  
• noun (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
  
  • all the clues led the police into blind alleys
  • so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley

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• an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.

Webster 1913

• noun a building that contains several alleys for bowling
  
• noun a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
  alley; bowling alley.
  

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• a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.

Webster 1913

• . See Shaft alley, under Shaft.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), a passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft.

Webster 1913

• noun a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
  alley; bowling alley.
  

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• an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played.

Webster 1913

• noun a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
  

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