starlight tour
n.— «It has in its numerous recommendations, the seeds for how to erase the cancerous attitudes that permit behaviours such as the “Starlight Tours” by the police.» —“Demanding a police inquiry” by Don Kossick Briarpatch (Regina, Saskatchewan, Can.) June 20, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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