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   cul-de-sac

   /ˈkʌldəsak/

   noun

   • 1. a street or passage closed at one end.
   • ▪ a route or course leading nowhere: "was the new post a career cul-de-sac?"
   • ▪ a vessel, tube, or sac open at only one end.

   Word Origin mid 18th century (originally in anatomy): French, literally ‘bottom of a sack’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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