Tony, a plumber and pipefitter in Escanaba, Michigan, uses dead nuts when he and his coworkers finish a pipe layout exactly where it needs to be. The nuts in that expression has nothing to do with testicles. Instead, dead is the same emphasizing...
land phone n.— «Gary called our son in Washington on his cell phone; of course our son doesn’t own a “land phone,” as they call it.» —“Back to the Golden Years…again” Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan) Oct...
rib-eye in the sky n.— «Baker needs to do a little more research as the crane is in fact a hunted species in nine of ten states in the central flyway from North Dakota to Texas. There they are plentiful and determined to be consumptive...