door buster

door buster
 n.— «A shop here in SLO had some for $250 new, but I think that was some sort of “door buster” special.» —“Re: Need Tanks” by mjohnson@zeus.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson) Usenet: rec.scuba Dec. 11, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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