pumpkin lily

pumpkin lily
 n.— «Such snide remarks as “eastern pumpkin lily” and “four-eyed dude” and less printable ones kept him in fighting trim.» —“Teddy Roosevelt Nation’s Youngest President” by Victor W. Zierke Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisc.) Nov. 29, 1958. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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