daddy wagon n.— «Dunker hied himself to his Ford Freestyle “daddy wagon” (as he calls it), picked up Marilyn and headed toward the pediatrician’s office in Crestwood.» —“Unreal” Riverfront Times (St...
rat n.— «Meanwhile, the Stinebakers make no attempt to conceal the fact that the Thunderbird—at least to some devout worshippers of domestic vehicles—is sort of a sacrilegious Frankenstein machine. Inside the Ford body sits a Chevrolet...
mouse n.— «Meanwhile, the Stinebakers make no attempt to conceal the fact that the Thunderbird—at least to some devout worshippers of domestic vehicles—is sort of a sacrilegious Frankenstein machine. Inside the Ford body sits a Chevrolet...
digital chalking n.— «During a recent trial run, a city employee drove the Ford Explorer. Scanning parked cars and trucks, a method known as “digital chalking,” the cameras routed information to a computer. The next time the city vehicle...
off-paper adv.— «Hood also pointed to a statement in Schmidt’s notes that “people know Stan Ford is a straight shooter and he turns away people who want to buy off-paper.” Schmitt agreed with Hood’s assertion that “off...
Goldilocks area attrib.— «As a result, he said, there is demand for low-risk, medium short-term obligations, such as the one- to three-year area of the ABS market. That is “the Goldilocks area of the market,” he added...