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Definition of Tailbacks
1. tailback [n] - See also: tailback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailbacks
Literary usage of Tailbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crimson Architectural Historians 1994-2002 by Stichting Rotterdam-Maaskant (2002)
"Our own culture of mobility consists of tailbacks and masses of traffic.
Rem Koolhaas once said that Holland has no great distances, which is why we take ..."
2. Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of by Pieter van Wesemael (2001)
"It was cheap, quick and had no delays in the form of tailbacks or a search for
a parking place.292 Because the attendance was less than envisaged, ..."
3. Dordogne by Mike Smith (2006)
"This route has the disadvantage of long non-motorway stretches where slow-moving
agricultural vehicles are always liable to cause considerable tailbacks, ..."
4. Time-Based Architecture by Bernard Leupen, René Heijne, Jasper van Zwol (2005)
"This brings a decrease in the need for mobility as well as in the problems caused
by tailbacks and long travel times due to the drop in commuter traffic. ..."
5. Transport and Leisure by Ecmt (2000)
"... there were seven "super tailbacks" of over 50 kilometres and 399 long tailbacks
of between 10 and 50 kilometres, Some 440 000 German citizens had their ..."
6. Transport Infrastructure in Ecmt Countries: Profiles and Prospects (monographs). by ECMT Staff, (Paris) European Conference of Ministers, Ecmt, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"Mobility, particularly for commuter traffic, is increasingly affected by tailbacks
on the main routes, a limitation which has to be taken into account in ..."
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