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Meanings of cul (culs) in English

Portuguese
beco sem saída

A passage with access only at one end.

beco sem saída
Usage of culs in English
1
It contains between fifty and sixty streets, including the alleys and culs-de-sac.
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2
The case abounded in these culs-de-sac which seemed to lead nowhere.
The Daffodil Mystery
3
From one of these hidden culs-de-sac came a sudden metallic bang.
Perdido Street Station
4
Johnstown Manor comprises a number of short culs-de-sac facing on to landscaped open space.
The Irish Times
5
Tour to Argentina:Gavin Duffy was a great white hope whose career took him into several culs-de-sac.
The Irish Times
6
Aron kept on searching and muttering about culs-de-sac.
Kennedy's brain
7
Madam, - The discussion of a composer like Mahler sometimes turns into one of two unhelpful culs-de-sac.
The Irish Times
8
Instead, he dedicated himself to demolishing the orthodox portrayal of his beloved saurians as torpid evolutionary culs-de-sac.
The Irish Times
9
In France they used to be called culs de chiens, which is best not translated in a family paper.
The Irish Times
10
Cormac Terrace is a pair of tiny culs-de-sac opening west off Rathfarnham Road and about three minutes' walk from Terenure village.
The Irish Times
11
Dublin itself opened up, the driveways and estates and blocks of flats and culs de sac I'd never been in became familiar.
The Irish Times
12
As Lewis says, "So many roads once; now so many culs de sac." It is hard to spot signs of recovery, hard to evaluate them.
The Guardian
13
Access is via a private road which ends at the cul-de-sac development.
The Irish Times
14
In that cul-de-sac I was caught like a bear in a pen.
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
15
It is well located at the south, cul-de-sac end of the road.
The Irish Times
16
The renovated four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is located in a tightly held cul-de-sac.
News.com.au
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