shunpike means A side road or route. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
Blend of shun + turnpike.
noun
- A side road or route.“In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called.”
verb
- To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.