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sauce shelf
 n.— «Johansson seems to have been cast in every third movie made recently, and gets incredible press every time she shows up on the red carpet displaying what the British tabloids refer to as her “sauce shelf.”» —“Magazine cover bares truth about actresses” by Laura Billings Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Feb. 12, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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