corduroy road
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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What you didn't mention is that the remainder of our highways have acquired the not so complimentary name of "Craig's corduroy road system" .
From Time Magazine Archive
Now down the corduroy road from the high ground and the village padded the stooped and broken father of a boy of this age.
From Time Magazine Archive
But mainly the picture is as uneven as a war-torn corduroy road.
From Time Magazine Archive
The logs of the corduroy road became very slippery when wet and if I fell flat once I did twenty times that night.
From Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts by Stone, James Madison
He twisted round in the niche and stared into the black opaqueness toward the corduroy road.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
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