corduroy road
Britishnoun
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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
But mainly the picture is as uneven as a war-torn corduroy road.
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
“The lamentable chorus, the cry of agony, the endless groan,” as we bounced and jolted over corduroy road and river bed, was an ill thing to hear.
From History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877 by Quincy, Samuel M.
Bill caught a glimpse of black water, then he found himself shuffling along a narrow corduroy road with the rest.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
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