stork parking

stork parking
 n.— «A sign we hadn’t seen before: “Stork Parking,” marking a choice spot for new and expectant mothers. It’s outside a supermarket in a new shopping center in Edgewater, Anne Arundel County. Nice touch.» —“‘First Knight’s’ big scenes, any night on the big screen” by Dan Rodricks Baltimore Sun (Md.) July 10, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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