Isthmus of Suez
English
Proper noun
- The strip of land that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and is the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia.
- (UK, archaic, slang) The covered bridge at St. John's College, Cambridge, that connects the college with its grounds on the other side of the river.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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