champagne unit
n.— «Now the Texas Guard is mostly men and women like Garces who come from families of modest means. They are certainly not the sons of Texas powerbrokers who comprised the “champagne unit” of Bush’s 147th Air Guard in Houston. » —“Remembering Spc. Tomas Garces” by Amy Smith Salon Oct. 30, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don’t they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaining the history of words and phrases. And: have you ever been in a situation where a group makes...
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