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showie

showie  n.— «Lew Osborne has been a travelling “showie” all his life, bringing four rides, including the Mega Drop, and 12 sideshow games to the Perth Royal Show that starts this weekend.…A showie is a person who travels...

dark house

dark house  n.— «Some of my earliest outdoor memories where the times I spent seated next to my maternal grandmother in a tiny ice shanty situated on Black Lake near Onaway, Michigan. The interior of the structure was just large enough to...

Foho

Foho  n.— «Now Boho is back, albeit in a new incarnation informed by a folk aesthetic. “Foho’” is about a more understated, eclectic mix, fusing classic Boho elements—Seventies silhouettes, crochet trims and trippy hippie...

upstreeter

upstreeter  n.— «For nearly four centuries they have lived in a section the Indians called Accabonac, now known as Springs or Bonac, north of the village that is the wealthy’s playground. They are known as Bonackers, an insular group who...

Bonacker

Bonacker  n.— «For nearly four centuries they have lived in a section the Indians called Accabonac, now known as Springs or Bonac, north of the village that is the wealthy’s playground. They are known as Bonackers, an insular group who...

leisure farm

leisure farm  n.— «However, I was lucky enough to go to two farms in southern Taiwan last month—I also visited the charming Dakeng Recreational Farm in Tainan. Leisure farms, as they are called, give city folk like me a chance to try The...

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