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cul-de-sacs
Variant of cul-de-sac
noun pl. cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac
- a passage or position with only one outlet; blind alley; specif., a dead-end street with a turnaround at the closed end
- a situation from which there is no escape
- Anat. a blind pouch, as the cecum
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