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cul-de-sac

[ kuhl-duh-sak, -sak, kool-; French kyduh-sak ]

noun

plural culs-de-sac
  1. a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street.
  2. any situation in which further progress is impossible.
  3. the hemming in of a military force on all sides except behind.
  4. Anatomy. a saclike cavity, tube, or the like, open only at one end, as the cecum.


cul-de-sac

/ ˈkʌldəˌsæk; ˈkʊl- /

noun

  1. a road with one end blocked off; dead end
  2. an inescapable position
  3. any tube-shaped bodily cavity or pouch closed at one end, such as the caecum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cul-de-sac1

1730–40; < French: literally, bottom of the sack
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cul-de-sac1

C18: from French, literally: bottom of the bag
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That was how a resident of a cul-de-sac in Liverpool described the moment she learned her neighbour for more than 30 years - Joanne Sharkey - had been charged with the 1998 killing of her baby boy.

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Armed with a stack of handmade business cards, I went door to door in our suburban Chicago cul-de-sac, pitching the neighbors: “Would you like fresh-baked cookies delivered to your doorstep every Saturday morning?â€

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Ye is still circling the block trying to shock every household on the cul-de-sac.

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Batley moved from London to Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, where the cult operated in a cul-de-sac, Clos yr Onnen.

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After all, when she bought the property in 2021, she was told by the estate agent that a previous flood the year before, which had reached but not effected the property, was a once-in-a-lifetime event, and that flooding measures to protect the properties on the cul-de-sac would be put in place.

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