Spaghetti Bowl
n.— «From the strip, take [15] North to the [93/95] North (to “Mercury”) through the Spaghetti Bowl (just look for all those annoying Fitzgerald’s billboards), stay in the right lane and exit Rancho, turn Right, head up about 1/2 a mile and look for the beams on the right side of the street.» —“Re: Dealers in Vegas?” by Richard Eyre-Eagles Usenet: rec.radio.amateur.misc Nov. 3, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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