crosstown

crosstown
/kraws"town', kros"-/, adj.
1. situated or traveling in a direction extending across a town or city: a crosstown street; a crosstown bus.
adv.
2. in a direction extending across a town or city: The car sped crosstown.
n.
3. Informal. a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction.
[1885-90; CROSS- + TOWN]

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