cow county n.— «The Nevada Senate consisted of one senator from each of the 17 counties even though the vast majority of the population was, as now, in just Clark and Washoe counties. The so-called “cow counties,” the rurals...
pinstripe patronage n.— «These legalized kickback practices were gradually whittled away by court decisions. The real money thereafter came not from lunch-bucket jobs but from what has come to be called “pinstripe patronage.”» —“Time...