starlight tour
n.— «A coldness that means possible death for anyone caught up in what some call the starlight tour where one is taken by the police from the streets of Saskatoon to the outskirts of the city and abandoned.» —“Death by Cold” by Don Kossick Canadian Dimension (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can.) July 1, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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