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THROUGHWAY

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through⋅way

  [throo-wey]
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–noun
thruway.

thru⋅way

  [throo-wey]
–noun
a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
Also, throughway.

Origin:
1940–45; thru + way 1
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through·way   (thrōō'wā')   
n.  Variant of thruway.
thru·way also through·way   (thrōō'wā')   
n.  See expressway.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

throughway 
"expressway, large toll road," 1934, Amer.Eng., from through + way.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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