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a street that commits to nothing and goes nowhere, on purpose.
means a dead-end road with a rounded turnaround, built so cars never have to reverse out.
from french for bottom of a bag, borrowed into english in the 1700s to describe exactly that shape of trap.
literal translationbottom of sack, not bag exactly
anatomy term toocul-de-sac names a pouch in the body
suburb magnetpostwar planners loved them for safety and privacy
traffic downsidestudies link them to more driving, less walking
for instance
levittown streets — 1950s suburb prototype built almost entirely on curving dead ends
the sopranos block — tony soprano's new jersey house sits on one
douglas of a stroke — medical cul-de-sac refers to pouch of douglas in pelvis