Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a contraction of
cul-de-sac .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a passage with access only at one end
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Examples
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All they have to do is reject such allegations, leaving us nowhere except in a name calling cul-de-sac.
Archive 2009-06-01 Johnny Guitar 2009
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All they have to do is reject such allegations, leaving us nowhere except in a name calling cul-de-sac.
Fascism and how not to fight it Johnny Guitar 2009
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Canvassing lists should be sorted by side of street in cul-de-sac or one-way road situations; and climbing numbers when you are making a loop.
Waldo Jaquith - Virginia Democratic list management software. 2006
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Whoa, was that commentary written by a nine year old girl, or an aspiring PhD in cultural studies?
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We should note that the u in Latin culīna and derivatives is short.
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One-way streets intersect with two-way streets, dead-ending in cul-de-sacs that turn around into glorietas, - traffic circles going nowhere.
Aqui es México 2000
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One-way streets intersect with two-way streets, dead-ending in cul-de-sacs that turn around into glorietas, - traffic circles going nowhere.
Aqui es México 2000
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One-way streets intersect with two-way streets, dead-ending in cul-de-sacs that turn around into glorietas, - traffic circles going nowhere.
Aqui es México 2000
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Q: What does the French word 'cul-de-sac' mean in English?
Berks county news 2009
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So now, whenever see the term cul de sac, I think of ass sack.
French masterclass 2007
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