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shunpike

[shuhn-pahyk]

shun·pike

[shuhn-pahyk] noun, verb, -piked, -pik·ing.
noun
1.
a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
verb (used without object)
2.
to drive on a shunpike.

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Shunpike is one of our favorite verbs.
So is fletcherise. Does it mean:
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; shun + (turn)pike

shun·pik·er, noun
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