kiss and cry area
n.— «Yes, that place where figure skaters clutch their flowers and await their marks has a name—”the Kiss and Cry Area.”» —“Ioc’s Drug Rules Unclear Suspension Of Young For Taking Cold Medicine Raises Some Questions” by John Powers Boston Globe (Mass.) May 3, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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