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noun
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
Origin:
1765–75; origin uncertain
1765–75; origin uncertain
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Culvert
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
culvert
1773, origin unknown, perhaps, as Weekley suggests, the name of a long-forgotten engineer or bridge-builder.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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