cul-de-sac
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Nothing in Cul-de-sac foretold its successor, The Fearless Vampire Killers, just as Pirates gave no clue about Frantic.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2010
Suddenly a cry of distress blew up from the river—the moaning of the wind, thought the guard who paced the quay of the Cul-de-sac.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
It was the bottom of the Gulf of the Louisiade, which had received the name of Cul-de-sac de l'Orangerie.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
A boat put out from the Six Friends with a flag of truce, and soon an English lieutenant landed at the Cul-de-sac, bearing a letter for the commander of the garrison.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
Presently the gaily-decked pinnace drew in to the landing-stage of the Cul-de-sac, where stood the notables of the New World city.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
