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Word: areaway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

They reached an areaway, separated from the consulate by an iron fence, just as three Russians burst out of the consulate's back door. As police scrambled over the fence, they could hear the injured woman moaning in Russian: "Leave me alone, leave me alone." Despite her pleas, and the shouted orders of the cops, the Russians picked her up, lugged her back into the consulate, with the police right behind them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The House on 61st Street | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

...police found the killers in a nearby areaway, throwing into the bonfire their knives, masks and some stolen report cards. One was booked for homicide, the other for juvenile delinquency. The sociological background...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Let's Kill Somebody | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

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