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sleeping policeman

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sleeping policeman
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to deter motorists from speeding
Translations
sleeping policeman n (esp Brit) → dosso artificiale (per far diminuire la velocità)


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Under 12 Division 3 Ossett Albion 2 Hepworth Utd B 2 THE pitch might have been shaped like a sleeping policeman, but there was nothing lethargic about this game.
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She agreed at that time that the traffic using Mynachdy Road and Llantarnam Road as a cut-through to Western Avenue was a danger and that we needed a sleeping policeman, also the potholes should be dealt with as soon as possible.
 
 
 
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