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Macadʹamise (4 syl.)

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Using broken stones for road metal, and making the road convex instead of concave; a method introduced by Sir John L. Macadam (1756–1836).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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