turnpike

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  1. noun A toll road, especially an expressway with tollgates.
  2. noun A tollgate.

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  • My coachman thought fit to run for the turnpike, as the phrase is, and against a four-wheeled waggon with six horses. —  George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life
  • "I've figured out ways around the turnpike ---- to get down to Philly, there aren't too many ways around the turnpike." —  Latest Articles
  • Once on the turnpike, the top safe speed was around —  Freep.com - RSS
  • Location: Take the Andromeda turnpike, then is the next planet past the small red one as you head towards the Sun. —  ZGeek Gallery Feed
  • The group's offer to lease the turnpike was scheduled to expire July 20, but was extended that same month to Sept. 30. —  Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal
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freeway ·  expressway ·  eastbound ·  highway ·  parkway ·  waterway ·  switchback ·  interstate ·  one-way

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turnpike:   turnpikes
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English turnepike, spiked barrier : turnen, to turn; see turn + pike, sharp point; see pike5.

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  1. from turn + pike.
 

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/ˈtərnpaɪk/
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