road hump

British

noun

the official name for sleeping policeman

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The Virgin Group boss hit a road hump in Virgin Gorda and was catapulted onto the road.

From Washington Post

I have been stationed at this Agency since the surrendered hostiles were brought here in the summer of 1881, and have conversed frequently with many of the Indians who were engaged in that fight, and more particularly with 'Gall,' 'Crow King,' 'Big Road,' 'Hump,' 'Sitting Bull,' 'Gray Eagle,' 'Spotted Horn Bull,' and other prominent men of the Sioux, regarding the Custer affair.

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