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Chare (noun) means a narrow street or alley running between buildings in a town.

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A narrow street or alley running between buildings in a town.
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Etymology

Came into English from Middle English chare, a variant (owing to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). See further at char.

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"chare" (noun) means a narrow street or alley running between buildings in a town.
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