fourth point of contact

fourth point of contact
 n.— «I am sorry I was in the 1/27th Infantry freezing my “fourth point of contact” on the Big Island when the veterans were in Grenada and Lebanon.» —“Sorry Veteran” by Luis Canales in Seale, Ala. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Ga.) Mar. 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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