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
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
“No, he came here and said he was expected to be at the end of the corduroy road for you,” Mr. Keene explained.
From Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City by Chapman, Allen
To the more cultured it has the effect of an old-fashioned corduroy road over a swamp.
From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various
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