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Definition of "turnpike" []
- A toll road, especially an expressway with tollgates. (noun)
- A tollgate. (noun)
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Use "turnpike" in a sentence
- "Here in Florida, the turnpike is the Ronald Reagan Turnpike and we just got a new school here in Miami-Dade County named after him."
- "Here it may be well for us to be reminded that the turnpike roads in England are very different from what we call turnpike roads in North Carolina."
- "With marketing in mind, the state’s highway department eschewed the word turnpike in favor of the more poetic parkway."
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