butter and egg racket n.— «He followed it by a six-city survey quoting records, officials and personal observations of the butter and egg racket. The game is a lottery played by low-income groups.…Bets are made on the butter and egg...
nest egg index n.— «This “nest egg index,” as it was called, was conducted by A.G. Edwards, a St. Louis-based financial services company. It looked at money-saving data from 318 cities.» —“West Side or East: The battle of...
doul n.— «Douling, my clever friends told me, derived from the Greek word for a slave, and in your first two years at school you could be compelled to do almost any task by either a House prefect—they were called monitors—or your study...
douling n.— «Douling, my clever friends told me, derived from the Greek word for a slave, and in your first two years at school you could be compelled to do almost any task by either a House prefect—they were called monitors—or your study...
banjo n.— «Few things are more likely to get you a disapproving lecture from the cholesterol police than the bacon and egg sarnie.…Even the most inexperienced and dreadful cooks can rustle up a banjo, (as the sandwich is sometimes...
frogspawn n. jocularly, tapioca or similar starchy pudding. Editorial Note: The appearance of tapioca does very much resemble egg masses laid by amphibians. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)