Roadkill
//ˈɹəʊdˌkɪl//
"Roadkill" in a Sentence (7 examples)
Tom had a job as a roadkill picker-upper and he found it very distressing.
It's roadkill.
First you have to clear the roadkill.
The roadkill was a possum.
They ate possum roadkill for dinner.
Since 1991, the event has been held in the Appalachian Mountains in the small town of Marlinton. The cook-off is a celebration of food dishes Americans normally do not find in a restaurant. All the dishes are made with roadkill, meaning animals found on the side of the road after being struck by a car or truck.
The van was heading straight for her and travelling faster and faster by the second. Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.
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