bus therapy
n.— «“I’m in for a protracted period of ‘bus therapy,’” Mr. Lehman says. That’s jail talk for a constant shuffling from one location to another.» —“Perhaps His Next Book Should Be: ‘Wardens I’ve Known and Loved’” by Pamela Sebastian Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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