smitty
n.— «A hot-rodder in my youth, I put duals and Smitty’s (early name for low-restriction glasspack mufflers) on virtually everything I drove.» —“Re: Banks Power Pak” by will@epix.net Usenet: rec.outdoors.rv-travel Dec. 29, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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