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turnpike Noun 1. History a barrier across a road to prevent vehicles or pedestrians passing until a charge (toll) had been paid 2. US a motorway for use of which a toll is charged [turn + pike a spike]
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| Connecting Readyville and Woodbury was a good, hard turnpike nine or ten miles long. The roads were stony, having been recently mended; going over them at this pace, my shoe became looser, and as we neared the turnpike gate it came off. Higginbotham, whose dwelling stood beside the old highway, but had been left in the background by the Kimballton turnpike. |
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