cabby n.— «Seconds after positioning myself on a polished brass railing, I was approached by a guy offering “cabby” and holding a tightly packed tab of white powder. Cabby, apparently, is short for “cabbage,”...
hotel-room night n.— «A “hotel-room night” is defined as the total number of hotel rooms groups take up, multiplied by the number of nights in those rooms.» —“City wants new hotel to check in Downtown” by...
snorkel box n.— «It’s tough to drive up and mail a letter when there is no drive-up letter box. The snorkel boxes, as the Postal Service calls them, have stood at Third and Union for decades.» —“Tunnel Vision Curbs Downtown Drive-Up...
four percenter n.— «Referring to the police colloquialism of “four percenters,” the relatively small number of well-known offenders responsible for the preponderance of downtown crime, Judge Baird Ellan said that the phrase...