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road kill

or road·kill

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noun

Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.

Origin of road kill

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75

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Examples from the Web for road kill

Contemporary Examples of road kill

American society celebrates wealthy television personalities like Rowe, not trash collectors and road-kill removers.
Mike Rowe: ‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Says He Did Not Endorse Mitt Romney
Lloyd Grove
October 11, 2012
“A moderate is nothing but road-kill in the Senate right now,” he says.
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner Defies Party to Engage GOP on a Deficit deal
Linda Killian
December 28, 2011

Word Origin and History for road kill

n.

animal killed by vehicular traffic, 1972; the figurative sense is from 1992.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper