heart-attack kids attrib.— «“We’re the heart-attack kids,” Brethren coach Richard Thomas said after the Warriors won in overtime for the third time this season to extend its winning streak to 20 and improve its record to 25-7...
Tingle table n. a U-shaped table with 18 to 25 baskets or bins, used for sorting tax returns. Etymological Note: Supposedly named after an IRS employee named James Tingle who created the table in the 1960’s. His first name is sometimes given as...
Super Duper Tuesday n.— «If Californians are lucky, Super Duper Tuesday could fall just about three years from today. Super Tuesday, you’ll remember, came early last March, when six states held their primary elections and, in effect, took...
Super-Duper Tuesday n.— «Texas lawmakers want in on Super-Duper Tuesday. That’s what some people call next year’s Feb. 5 presidential primary. It just added California to Arkansas, Delaware, Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah. New Mexico...
liberal lion n.— «The fate of Paul W. Douglas, the 47-year-old liberal lion of the Senate, now rests in the hands of Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago, whose own future is on the line.» —“‘A Precinct Captain’s...
hooking n.— «There was bickering among players across the net at several matches with players from one team accusing players from the other team of deliberately making incorrect calls—“hooking” in tennis parlance.» —“Aragon holds on...