foamer
n.— «During a breakfast meeting with local leaders at the Muddy Waters Café, Peg Churchill told Clinton that canal enthusiasts sometimes call themselves “canal foamers.” That was news to Clinton, who predicted canal development will be successful and latched onto the term.» —“Clinton promotes canal in Palmyra” by Jim Miller Finger Lakes Times (Geneva, New York) Sept. 1, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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