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power hour
 n.— «The is “power hour,” or “21 for 21,” as it is known in some other places across the country: 21-year-olds go to a bar at on their birthdays, flash newly legal identification and then try to down 21 shots in the hour or so before the bar closes, or as fast as possible.» —“ Game Can Be a Deadly Rite of ” by Kate Zernike in Fargo, N.D. New York Times Mar. 12, 2005. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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