lily pad
n.— «We went too deep in Guam with our closures. It’s the last piece of land in the west that we own. It’s United States owned. It’s going to be a lily pad for moving out.» —“House Committee On Appropriations: Subcommittee On Military Construction Holds A Hearing On FY 2003 Pacific Command Appropriations” by Dennis Blair Federal Document Clearing House Mar. 7, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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