starvation corner
n.— «U.S. home construction, on starvation corner for the past three years, became the first industry to get a full-ripe postwar plum.» —“Where’s the Ceiling?” Time Oct. 1, 1945. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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