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suitcase college
 n.— «For years, students couldn’t be bribed at what was often referred to as a “suitcase college” to stick around for the weekend for a football game.» —“Buffs get defining victory” by Jon Mark Beilue Amarillo Globe News (Texas) Sept. 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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