Definitions
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- noun A
paved straight roadway used for automotivedrag racing . - noun figuratively, by extension Any place for high-speed
competitive activity.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can't even think of U.S. 30 either the route or the dragstrip in a normal tone of voice, thanks largely to his efforts.
shsilver: RIP: Jan C. Gabriel: Sunday, Sunday!, SUNDAY!! shsilver 2010
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Forty years ago, buyers could choose from economical, six-cylinder-powered sedans to the dragstrip-ready 429 Super Cobra Jet fastback.
Steve Parker: Ford Fusion "Motor Trend 2010 Car of the Year" 2009
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So far we have created a Boris Karloff-style mummy, weird skin textures made with liquid latex and bread crumbs (!), Collodion scars, and a Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth-style bug eyed dragstrip monster called a 'Weird-Oh.'
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Hallsville. 30 acres, + 30 more? and it's by a dragstrip!
Archive 2005-02-01 Charles Statman 2005
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At high noon, Chopped Chainsaws and Supercharged Speed Wrenches will go head-to-head down 75 feet of two-lane dragstrip at Ace Junkyard.
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A wise precaution, if people used the driveway as a dragstrip on a regular basis.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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A wise precaution, if people used the driveway as a dragstrip on a regular basis.
The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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A wise precaution, if people used the driveway as a dragstrip on a regular basis.
Born To Run Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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Series season on Saturday at Woodburn (Ore.) dragstrip.
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There was enough steering input going down a 1/4 mile dragstrip in that thing to have done a lap of the Nurburgring in a Corvette.
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