pea-shake
n.— «Four times a day, six days a week, dozens of cars converge on Gypsy’s, a pea-shake house on the Near Westside, to wait on “the shake,” the drawing of the winning numbers.» —“Harmless fun or illegal blights?” by Brendan O’Shaughnessy, Vic Ryckaert Indianapolis Star (Indiana) Feb. 25, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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