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turn⋅pike

  [turn-pahyk]
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–noun
1. a high-speed highway, esp. one maintained by tolls.
2. (formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid; tollgate.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME turnepike road barrier (in def. 1, short for turnpike road). See turn, pike 2
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turn·pike   (tûrn'pīk')   
n.  

  1. Abbr. Tnpk. or Tpk. A toll road, especially an expressway with tollgates.

  2. A tollgate.


[Middle English turnepike, spiked barrier : turnen, to turn; see turn + pike, sharp point; see pike5.]
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