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bridge and tunnel

bridge and tunnel is the alternative spelling of bridge-and-tunnel.

Meaning of bridge-and-tunnel

Adjective

bridge-and-tunnel (not comparable)

  1. (New-York-City, derogatory, slang) Of people who travel to Manhattan via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities.
    • "Tonight we get the Bridge-and-Tunnel People." He said this like, "Tonight the Nazis attack."
      "The Bridge-and-Tunnel People?"
      "They come from Jersey and Long Island to get drunk and have a good time."1990 July, Joe Bob Briggs, “My Life as Joe Bob Briggs”, in Texas Monthly, →ISSN, page 132
    Synonyms:
    B&T, BNT

Questions about bridge and tunnel

What is bridge and tunnel the alternative spelling of?
Bridge and tunnel is the alternative spelling of bridge-and-tunnel.

Words near bridge and tunnel in the dictionary

  1. bridezillas
  2. Bridford
  3. bridg
  4. bridgable
  5. bridge
  6. bridge and tunnel
  7. bridge builder
  8. bridge builders
  9. bridge bunnies
  10. bridge bunny
  11. bridge coat

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