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chicane 1. a bridge or whist hand without trumps 2. Motor racing a short section of sharp narrow bends formed by barriers placed on a motor-racing circuit to provide an additional test of driving skill |
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| And unless we pay attention to the meaning of words, we are subject to dealers in quack religion and political chicane. They negotiated a slide through a chicane onto the track's third-mile oval and slid through a sharp 270-degree turn along the third-mile oval's Turns 1 and 2, and then directly into a 90-degree right-hander back onto the track's back straight. The golfer's path to the first tee, and back from ninth to the tenth, is along the gravelled terrace, a chicane with a view, which is also inlaid with railway sleepers. |
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