Definitions
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- noun Canada A narrow
roadway ; alane
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though to the panel's credit, they also discussed accessory dwellings, otherwise known as laneway houses, which can indeed add square footage, albeit only in neighborhoods suburban enough to have the land for them.
Forbes.com: News Stephen Smith 2011
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[T] he appellant had abandoned his privacy interest in the contents of the garbage bags gathered up by the police when he placed them in the garbage alcove open to the laneway ready for collection.
SCC: No Privacy Interest in Things We Throw Out : Law is Cool 2009
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I go over the side, jumping down ten stories and landing in the darkness of the laneway as the police cars skid to a halt in the lot.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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I take a deep breath; attempt to run my hand through my tangled and blood-caked hair before jumping down into the dark laneway below, walking as slowly and as casually as I can over to my own building.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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I take a deep breath, attempt to run my hand through my tangled and blood-caked hair before jumping down into the dark laneway below, walking slow and as casually as I can over to my own building.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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Then, a black clad woman steps tentatively sideways out of a laneway across the street.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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I go over the side, first climbing, then jumping down the last four stories and landing in the darkness of the laneway as the sirens scream to a halt in the front lot.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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Following Fiorentina's relegation from Serie A, Brian Laudrup was smuggled in the boot of a hatchback from the stadium to what looks like a quiet laneway behind his house, says Finn Jorgensen.
What is the biggest margin of victory for a bottom-of-the-table team? 2011
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A flicker of a shadow darts back into a laneway as I glance behind me.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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At about ten minutes to five, I veered off the main road and onto the gravel-covered laneway that the map said would take me to where I needed to be.
The Leader Who Had No Title Robin Sharma 2010
Prolagus commented on the word laneway
Is this word in use in all English-speaking countries?
October 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word laneway
Australia ... tick.
October 26, 2009
mollusque commented on the word laneway
Hadn't heard it before now, so it's rare in the United States, if used at all.
October 26, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word laneway
According to Wiktionary, Canadians use it too.
October 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word laneway
"In the cold months, the city (Melbourne) beckons with hip boutiques, stylish eateries and blockbuster exhibitions, all neatly positioned on its easily navigable grid of streets and laneways."
- Nellie Blundell, Frosty, fabulous Melbourne, news.com.au, 23 August 2007.
October 26, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word laneway
I'm with mollusque. I've never heard this word used, except in the lyrics to this song (written by a Torontonian).
What's the difference between a street and a laneway?
October 27, 2009
bilby commented on the word laneway
Up here - I can't quite vouch that the usage is the same in Melbourne or indeed other parts - a laneway is an urban right-of-way for anything other than motorised traffic, i.e. an alley for pedestrians and cyclists. From memory, the Melbourne version allows access for service and delivery vehicles but not for through traffic.
October 27, 2009