tenfoot

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noun

A ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.

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back alleyback street
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Meanings

nountenfoot (plural tenfoots)

plural tenfoots

  1. UKYorkshireHullA ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.

    Synonyms: back alley, back street

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.

Similar
back alleyback street
Also see
alley

Origin

From ten + foot.

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APA

tenfoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenfoot

MLA

“tenfoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenfoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tenfoot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenfoot.

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