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strap hanging

strap hanging  n.— «Usually the truck drivers wait at the opening of the valley for a U.S. Army patrol to pass and then they follow it, a practice soldiers have dubbed “strap hanging.” Lining the sides of the road are the...

escort hold

escort hold  n.— «To get him to leave, Hyra gripped Abraha’s clothing at the shoulder with one hand and his wrist with another, a police technique known as the “escort hold,” he said.» —“Bloody ‘obstruction’ arrest leads...

package

package  n.— «It rankles, however, that he was not able to have the inmates recognised as people. Mr Errachidi said: “Even the name detainee was not given to us. We were called packages because we were in identical jumpsuits and wrapped up...

knock and drag

knock and drag v. phr. to go door to door on an election day in search of favorable voters to escort to voting stations. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

walker

walker  n.— «Twenty years ago, men who went out constantly in high society were known as “walkers,” a quippy term coined by John Fairchild, then the publisher of Women’s Wear Daily, to describe Jerry Zipkin, the steadfast...

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