peashake house
n.— «Once the Marion Co. Dem party gets control of all criminal justice in Marion Co., we will have a Peashakes house in every township!! The only question that is still up in the air: Will the peashake houses contain video poker?» —“On The Poll: Hill Leads In The Ninth District, Kennedy And Brizzi In Dead Heat” by Ravekid Taking Down Words (Indianapolis, Indiana) Sept. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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