skatey-eight
n.— «Initially passing them off as a tired skate act based on their name (although I was eventually informed that Skatey-Eight is a ’50s slang term for a large, indeterminate number), I didn’t pay much attention. » —“Lounge-punk is born—Sinatra rolls in his grave” by Cale Sauter City Pules (Lansing, Mich.) June 30, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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