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whale

whale  n.— «In horseplaying parlance, Maury Wolff is a whale, one of the thousand or so professional bettors who collectively wager as much as $1.5 billion a year on thoroughbred races in the United States. He will not attend the Kentucky Derby at...

Collyer

Collyer n. a home excessively packed with junk, trash, or belongings. Also Collyer mansion, Collyer house, Collyer apartment. Editorial Note: It is said that on the American West coast a similar term is Habitrail house. Etymological Note: After the...

knot

knot
 n.— «I’m tired of faking knots with a stack of ones/Having a lack of funds and resorting back to guns.» —“If I Had” by Eminem, Dr. Dre Slim Shady Feb. 23, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)