road kill
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noun
Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
Content related to road kill
How Do I Write … To Kill Off A Character?If you're a fiction writer, you know this feeling well: you're toiling away at your story, charting out your plot and reaching pivotal points that will no doubt choke up your readers, when you come to the realization that it's time for one of your characters to sing their swan song. But how are you going to kill them off?
Words nearby road kill
road company, road gang, road hockey, road hog, road hump, road kill, road map, road metal, road movie, road pricing, road racing
Origin of road kill
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75
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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST“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|DAILY BEAST