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 Bygones.By-road (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
By-laws.
 
Local laws. From by, a borough. Properly, laws by a Town Council, and bearing only on the borough or company over which it has jurisdiction.   1
 


 Bygones.By-road (A). 

 
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