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- noun Plural form of
road .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a partly sheltered anchorage
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Examples
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Back from the skidways, into the woods the swampers cut rough, narrow roads called _dray roads_ or travoy roads, -- mere trails sufficiently cleared of brush to allow a team of horses to pull
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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The outrage about all the roads is a silly distraction because THERE IS NO MONEY TO PAY FOR THEM, which wasn't mentioned by Erica or the bike club.
Seattle Council, KC Exec Support Highway-Heavy Transportation Plan « PubliCola 2010
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"Virtually the totality of the Japanese programs was what we call roads and bridges," he says.
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The four greys were fresh horses, in good condition and with a light load behind them, so, notwithstanding the bad state of the tracks which they call roads in South Africa, John made good progress.
Jess Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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In Western Virginia the state of the roads is already such as to forbid the idea of further campaigning for the present.
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We woke up pretty early for the island style of life we had become custom to and began the journey on the baht bus along what they call roads and we would describe as a death trap.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Driving on public roads is a de facto requirement of living.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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Driving on public roads is a de facto requirement of living.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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Driving on public roads is a de facto requirement of living.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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Using those roads is a risky behavior that warrants extra insurance to cover losses caused by uninsured motorists.
The Volokh Conspiracy » President Obama Claimed that the Individual Mandate is Not a Tax 2010
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