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concrete_canyon

concrete canyon

English

Noun

concrete canyon (plural concrete canyons)

  1. A space or street surrounded by skyscrapers.
    • 2007, Neil Wilson, Prague:
      Take the metro to Háje at the end of line C for a stroll among the concrete canyons.
    • William P. Hammond, 911 tribute poem at ipsna.com:
      Concrete Canyons are but now spacious sky,
      Her children weep for the parents who died.
  2. A narrow street circuit surrounded by concrete walls.

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