cadillac
v.— «I knew that second one (another 2-run smash in the fourth) was going. I was so sure that I hot-dogged it around the bases. You know what I mean—I gave it that home run trot—sort of Cadillacked my way around the bases.» —“‘Greatest Thrill’ Says Big Klu” in Chicago Washington Post and Times Herald Oct. 2, 1959. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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