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- noun Alternative spelling of
signpost .
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Examples
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The empty beer joint parking lots and deserted clapboard houses sagging into lonely lantern lit shacks; a sign-post moon hanging in the night sky lights the icy crystal coat on a coal train parked upon a ridge.
Winter Paints Nelson County Swanson Tudor 2011
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I remember seeing a many-pointered sign-post on the way of which one of the pointers (pointing off into sandy flatness) said, "Baghdad 413 km" (or something), and feeling completely surreal.
The Romance of Zenobia's Palmyra Heather McDougal 2008
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I remember seeing a many-pointered sign-post on the way of which one of the pointers (pointing off into sandy flatness) said, "Baghdad 413 km" (or something), and feeling completely surreal.
Archive 2008-04-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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The Other Side is where the fixsters hang out. there isn't a sign-post, parking meter, or fence free to lock-up to within 2 blocks of this place.
Keep It Simple, Stupid: Go Fixie! BikeSnobNYC 2008
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To my husband I am a peg on which to hang his luxury, the sign-post of his ambition, a satisfaction to his vanity.
A Daughter of Eve 2007
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As soon as the hounds have got back to (where they missed) the line,215 he must cast them round, making many a circle to and fro; and where the line fails, he should plant a stake216 as a sign-post to guide the eye, and so cast round the dogs from that point,217 till they have found the right scent, with coaxing and encouragement.
On Hunting 2007
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If I thought it would do any good to the rising generation, I would cheerfully give my consent to the disinterment of the bones of any genteel highwayman (the more genteel, the more cheerfully), and to their exposure, piecemeal, on any sign-post, gate, or gibbet, that might be deemed a good elevation for the purpose.
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A link is a sign-post for those who elect to get more info.
Nick Livingston Protecting The Country Nathaniel Livingston 2006
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A link is a sign-post for those who elect to get more info.
Nick Livingston Protecting The Country Nathaniel Livingston 2006
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The following from the Pope's first address at World Youth Day is surprisingly basic for such an academician: The Ten Commandments are not a burden, but a sign-post showing the path leading to a successful life.
Archive 2005-08-01 Mike L 2005
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