snaked

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The paved road snaked, and was but little frequented; they merely saw a few peasants in old felt hats, a white mule, and a cart drawn by a donkey, for it is only upon Sundays that the osterie or wine-shops are filled and that artisans in easy circumstances come to eat a dish of kid at the surrounding bastides_.

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  1. noun Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes or Ophidia (order Squamata), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions.
  2. noun A treacherous person. Also called snake in the grass.
  3. noun A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains. Also called plumber's snake.
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  • The man's sword snaked from its leather scabbard and he ran forward. —  David A
  • Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan. —  HappyNews - Top Stories
  • But Kenderian finally made it back to the United States, in a journey snaked with turns of fate, or coincidence, depending on your view. —  Kansas City Star: Front Page
  • A queue of around 30 cars snaked its way from the petrol station as more and more customers arrived for their free fuel. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • The lower bungee is snaked though a lower seat stay or rear stays on the bike and hooked to the other ring on the Unbottle. —  WordPress.com News
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