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bush road

American  
[boosh rohd] / ˈbʊʃ ˌroʊd /

noun

Canadian.
  1. a rough road cut through forested land, usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.


Etymology

Origin of bush road

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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Collins Street was now as empty as a bush road.

From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel

Suppose I saw a pretty girl on a bush road.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

It was a regular bush road, nearly ten miles long, made to avoid the falls of the Pigeon.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry

An armed party was dispatched along a bush road to seize the wireless station.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various

We turned at a walk, and the chasm of the bush road opened up.

From Over Prairie Trails by Grove, Frederick Philip

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