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spur track
noun
, Railroads.
- a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spur track1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
After doing something to the switch of the unused spur track, the four men separated.
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We had followed the spur track up the gulch for maybe a short quarter of a mile when we came to the engine.
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Nobody ever kicked up such a rumpus about a spur track before.
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They were given to understand that there would be no opposition to the spur track going down.
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As she spoke the Rosemary stopped with a jerk and McGrath's fireman darted past to set the spur-track switch.
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