stroke
n.— «As the meeting headed toward midnight, there were still 46 more items—known as “strokes” in Little Compton Town Meeting parlance—to go. At least some were likely to be more of the housekeeping variety.» —“Voters restore funds to some program” by Michael P. McKinney in Little Compton Providence Journal (R.I.) May 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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