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ПРОХОДНОЙ ДВОР disapprov NP sing only often subj-compl with copula ( subj: concr)) an apartment, office etc where people who do not belong there come and go at all times (thus encroaching on the people who live, work etc there): (like) a public thoroughfare (like) a hotel (an open house)).

(Ольга:) Наш сад как проходной двор, через него и ходят и ездят (Чехов 5). (О.:) Our garden's like a public thoroughfare. Everyone walks and drives through it (5b).