Definitions
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- noun a path between two points that is not the shortest or quickest
route
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Examples
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The "longcut" gave me the time to listen to their stories of this year's uprising.
NYT > Home Page By Arundhati Roy 2010
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I raced down a green creek canyon and into the desert, already headed to the interstate when I discovered on the map a shortcut through the San Rafael Swell, a longcut actually, fifty miles of dirt road labeled “unimproved.”
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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I raced down a green creek canyon and into the desert, already headed to the interstate when I discovered on the map a shortcut through the San Rafael Swell, a longcut actually, fifty miles of dirt road labeled “unimproved.”
The Making of Toro Mark Sundeen 2003
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Since I had extra time on the drive home, decided to take the longcut across the desert.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002
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But the movie belongs to his whole supporting cast which ofcourse would never get its due because as Charlie say Duniya Saali Kaminey Hai. p.s. - Life main hota hai shortcut or chota shortcut … but for this movie please u take a longcut and watch it in theatre only
NAACHGAANA 2010
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Actually, it’s more of a keyboard longcut, using the well-known trick of Alt plus a 4-number sequence to enter a specific character.
Use A Keyboard Shortcut For Excel Bulleted Lists | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I’ve been known to take a longcut through the port of Newark.
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