firehouse primary
n.— «It can also be argued that Tuesday’s results were just another quirky anomaly in Michigan politics, like…Jesse Jackson’s stunning performance in the 1988 Democratic “firehouse” primary.» —“Ask For Whom the Bellwether Tolls” by Scott Hogenson Cybercast News Service Feb. 23, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
David from Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a former truck driver who remembers that his fellow users of CB radio tended to sound similar, no matter what part of the country they were from. Is there such a thing as an occupational accent? Many of those truck...
Katie in Kalamazoo, Michigan, wonders about the expression throw the book at, meaning to “try every means possible.” Did it originally involve literally throwing books? It’s just a metaphor in which the book refers to “the...