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turnpike road † Hist. 
n. See 1927 quote.
See also: turnpike ((n.)) turnpiking (def. 2)
- 1807 . . . turnpike road.
- 1852 (1881) The traveller . . . passes along on that smooth turnpike road that leads from Coburg to Cold Springs, and . . . Gore's Landing. . . .
- 1927 In building a turnpike the road allowance was cleared and the stumps removed, sometimes by a machine worked by horses. Ditches were dug on either side and the earth thrown up on the road to form a causeway; the surface was then levelled in a rude way. Drains were built where the ground was swampy and streams were spanned by bridges.
- 1807 . . . turnpike road.