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jumping-off town
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a place, usually a town, where one leaves the railway or other link with civilization to proceed into the wilderness.
See: jumping-off place(def. 2a)
Quotations
1958
Fairview is the jumping off town to the famous Dunvegan Crossing which at present has a ferry for summer crossing and an ice bridge in the winter.