shunpike

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shunpike

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Blend of shun + turnpike.

noun shunpikes

A side road or route. In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called.

verb shunpikes · shunpiking · shunpiked

To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.

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Deutsch	mautfreie Strecke
Italiano	normale

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Italiano	farsi la normale

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@misc{shunpike_2026,
  title = {shunpike},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shunpike},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}