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shunpike

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shun⋅pike

  [shuhn-pahyk] noun, verb, -piked, -pik⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; shun + (turn)pike

Related forms:
shunpiker, noun
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shun·pike   (shŭn'pīk')   
n.  A side road taken to avoid the tolls or traffic of a turnpike.
intr.v.   shun·piked, shun·pik·ing, shun·pikes
To travel on side roads, avoiding turnpikes.

[shun + (turn)pike.]
shun'pik'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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