shunpike
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of shunpike
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; shun + (turn)pike
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Instead of Spanish Revival next door to Polynesian fantasy, we get snide alt-weekly riffing alongside academic theory, punctuated by lots of delightfully shunpike Southern California lore.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2020
Yet its riches don’t just belong to English majors or historians, or even all the shunpike travelers who, to this day, refuse to leave home without at least one state guide in the glove compartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2020
Wallace had also made his preference for the shunpike known prior to the Confederate attack, alerting the commander of the neighboring division of his plans to use that road, though that information never reached Grant.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013
Had Wallace marched to the end of the shunpike he’d have found himself behind enemy lines, cut off from the rest of the Union army.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013
He wandered about so long and asked so many questions that it was getting dark when he suddenly thought of the shunpike.
From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Stockton, Frank Richard
Meanwhile, travellers have long avoided bridges which charge tolls to cross by practising the art of "shunpiking" - taking longer routes to get around paying.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2016
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