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shunpike en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of shun + turnpike.

Meanings

  1. A side road or route.
    • In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called. 1988: Joseph Dow's History of Hampton (New Hampshire), (referring to a bridge built to avoid a turnpike toll)

Forms

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shunpikes Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

de mautfreie Strecke (Translations) · it normale (Translations)

shunpike en · VERB

Etymology

Blend of shun + turnpike.

Meanings

  1. To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.

Forms

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shunpiked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shunpiked Tense=Past lexicographic
shunpikes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shunpiking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (1)

it farsi la normale (Translations)