Mortarville
n.— «A detention facility by the Iranian border lost their doc cuz he had an irregular heart beat & went for eval in germany, so I get to play prison doc for a couple 2-3 weeks, then back to Mosul (mortarville…..).» —“News from Jerry, K6MD/YI9MD” by Jerry Griffin in Iraq DXer (Menlo Park, California) Sept. , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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