buscone

buscone
 n.— «Throw a scout, an agent, a coach and an entrepreneur into a blender, then mix, and you have a buscone (boo-SCONE-ay).» —“Search for Dominican talent no longer a hit-or-miss affair” by Jim Salisbury Philadelphia Inquirer (Penn.) July 23, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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