escape fire n.— «Wag Dodge, saw that it wasn’t going to work. So he stopped, took out some matches, and set the tall dry grass ahead of him on fire. The new blaze caught and rapidly spread up the slope. He stepped into the middle of the burned-out...
skull v.— «Kelly Childs hit his tee shot out of bounds. Later, he hit into a trap and skulled his escape across the green. Two putts gave his a quadruple-bogey eight. “A disaster hole,” said the woman who once wore high-heeled shoes across a green...
qualoid n.— «The “qualoid” form may just be enough differentiation to help the Corrie escape the continuing broadsheet print warfare.» —“Sunday Correspondent; advertising must grab readers” Campaign (U.K.) Sept. 28, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued...
ratline
n.— «I remember a ratline operator helping my nephew escape just after Christmas for two thousand dollars.» —“Escapes For Sale” by Bob Deindorfer in Vienna, Austria Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 1950. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
get a pull v.— «I’ve always thought since, that for what I done for them I was going to get a pull (be arrested.)» —“Sunday Mirror Investigates Scandal Of Bribe To Escape Prison Term: Cash For Pardons” by Graham Johnson The Mirror (U.K.) Oct. 10...
smurfing n. the making of a series of small transactions to escape the regulatory notice a single larger transaction might attract. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
