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Zebra crossing

//ˈzɛbɹə ˌkɹɔsɪŋ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

    "'Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing."

  2. 2
    street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes) wordnet

Etymology

zebra + crossing From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra.

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