streets, lanes, etc., closed at one end;
blind alleys. Used figura tively to mean a
situation in which further progress is impossible. Isolation of important
materials and shedding off the unimportant
materials and occasionally going down cul-
de-sacs, occasionally getting into
blind turns, you know, and say, 'What are we doing here?" -E-
Meter Reads and
ARC Breaks (17 July 62)