drawbreak

drawbreak
 n.— «Buddy hands me his lotto numbers, I try to run them through the machine knowing full well that it’s too late. The machine beeps and gives me the message “Rejected by Central, Drawbreak” I shake my head in mock sadness, “I’m sorry sir, it’s drawbreak now, the machine won’t take your numbers.”» —“cranky” by Arita Arita’s Abode (B.C., Can.) May 8, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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