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hairpin bend
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hairpin bend
Noun
a bend in the road that curves very sharply
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Noun1.hairpin bend - a U-shaped bend in a road
bend, curve - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
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Spanish hairpin bend (US), hairpin curve n → curva muy cerrada
French hairpin bend (US), hairpin curve n → virage m en épingle à cheveux
German hairpin bend (US) hairpin curve hair n → Haarnadelkurve f
Italian hairpin bend (US), hairpin curve n → tornante m
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He came into his own when his colleague overtook on precipitous hairpin bends.
Ear to the ground by Lean, Mary / For A Change
Aseries of chauffeur-driven limousines snaked their way round the hairpin bends leading up to the small Swiss village of Caux, some 2,000 ft above the Lake of Geneva, on 2 July.
(MRA (Moral Re-Armament) Conference) Caux 1946-1996: looking back ... by Kenneth Noble / For A Change
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