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cul de sac

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Noun1.cul de saccul de sac - a passage with access only at one end
cul, dead end
passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
2.cul de sac - a street with only one way in or out
blind alley, dead-end street, impasse
thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another


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Instead of going to the right places--banks, police stations, rendezvous-- he systematically went to the wrong places; knocked at every empty house, turned down every cul de sac, went up every lane blocked with rubbish, went round every crescent that led him uselessly out of the way.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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