Definition of "alley" []

• A narrow street or passageway between or behind city buildings. (noun)
• A path between flower beds or trees in a garden or park. (noun)
• Sports A straight narrow course or track, especially a bowling alley. (noun)
• Sports Either of the parallel lanes at the sides of a tennis court, which widen the inbounds area for doubles play. (noun)
• Up (one's) alley Informal Compatible with one's interests or qualifications: an assignment that is right up your alley. (idiom)

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• "***sound ob door slamminging az teh alley cat heads down teh……well……alley***"
• "*the pegasus kitteh lands in and goes to an alley in cheezland, a dark adn abandoned alley*"
• "More up my alley is the half-hour spin-off, Models of the Runway, which follows the walking clothes hangers in their non-competition."