punkin lily
n.— «Yoo-hoo in there, you Eastern punkin lilies!…This here’s rough country. Better skedaddle back where you came from.» —by John Jakes The Americans Oct. 15, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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