shoppers’ kite
n.— «R. Matthew Green, of West Kingston, Rhode Island, said that in his state “bags caught in trees, flapping in the wind, are called shoppers’ kites.“» —“Word Fugitives” by Barbara Wallraff The Atlantic July-Aug., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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