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Inflation Eve

Inflation Eve
 n.— «Inflation Eve, as it’s known in New York City, is as much a Big Apple tradition as the Chrysler Building and the Staten Island Ferry.» —“Glad You Asked: Thanksgiving leftovers” by Chris Bennett Journal Times (Racine, Wisc.) Nov. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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