impost
n.— «It’s a big impost for them to have to be on call at night and sleep at the station in a strange bed.» —“Volunteers save the life of ambo service” by Phil Beck Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) Aug. 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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