Hummer home

Hummer home
 n.— «Driving along the Main Line outside Philadelphia, through downtown Hagerstown or beside the town common in Tarboro, N.C., reminds us that Hummer homes are not necessarily a new phenomenon.» —“Less Can Really Be More” by Ann Felker Washington Post (A16) July 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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