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    [Noun]  | "shun*pike" | \ ˈshən-ˌpīk \


    1: a side road used to avoid the toll on or the speed and traffic of a superhighway


    Origin: 1804 ;

    [Noun]  | "shunpike" 


    1: as in side street, secondary road;


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     [ "shunpike" ]

    1: Shun*pike (shun//pik/), n., v., -piked, -pik*ing, --n. a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace. -v.i. to drive on a shunpike. 1850-1855, Amer.; SHUN + (TURN)PIKE -shun//pik/er, n.

      * e.g.,  ... Janice goes to work on the Route 55 shunpike, avoiding the toll on the Pennsy Turnpike 


     [ "shunpike" ]

    2: (From the Dan Carr Coin design website)

     [ "Stan Shunpike" ]

    1: The hottest person/conductor ever to appear in Harry Potter, pimples or not.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey, have you been on the Knight Bus? Have you seen the conductor?!" 

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