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shunpikes

shunpikes is the plural of shunpike.

Meaning of shunpike

Noun

shunpike (plural shunpikes)

  1. A side road or route.
    • In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called.1988: Joseph Dow's History of Hampton (New Hampshire), (referring to a bridge built to avoid a turnpike toll)

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Questions about shunpikes

What is shunpikes the plural of?
Shunpikes is the plural of shunpike.

Words near shunpikes in the dictionary

  1. shunnings
  2. shunpike
  3. shunpiked
  4. shunpiker
  5. shunpikers
  6. shunpikes
  7. shunpiking
  8. shuns
  9. shunt
  10. shuntable
  11. Shuntak

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