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A road so private it only has one destination: your life.
means A short private road connecting a house or garage to the public street.
from A straightforward compound of 'drive' (to propel a vehicle along) and 'way' (a path or route), stitched together in the 19th century as horse-drawn carriages — and soon automobiles — needed a word for the little private road leading from the gate to the house. No hidden story here: it is exactly what it says, a way for driving.
- longest driveway
- Scotland's Drumlanrig estate runs nearly 2 miles
- irony built in
- you park on it, drive on the street
- sealcoating myth
- redoing it yearly often does more harm than good
- basketball hoops
- driveways are america's unofficial sport arenas