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crab butter

crab butter  n.— «Crab viscera is commonly known as “crab butter” and lobster viscera is called “tomally.”» —“California Warns Consumers Not To Eat Some Shellfish And Viscera Of Sardines, Anchovies And Crab...

tabletop exercise

tabletop exercise  n.— «It’s what’s known as a “tabletop exercise” to be conducted by the city, the county, the Emergency Management Office and Altru Health System. Area responders will discuss ways they will respond and work...

double dead

double dead  adj.— «“Double dead” would be an apt description of the PHIC strangulation moves on Philippine hospitals (on one hand withholding payment of PHIC claims and on the other, bleeding the hospitals dry for every last peso...

hootch

hootch  n.— «They bunk in thin-skinned metal “hootches,” similar to the containers that transport merchandise on ships.» —“The Doctors of War” by Bob Drury Men’s Health Jan. 30, 2006. (source: Double...

pucker

pucker  v.— «“No matter how many times you do it, you still pucker once you get over the wire,” says one of the helicopter’s pilots, Chief Warrant Officer Lance Duensing.» —“The Doctors of War” by Bob Drury Men’s...

dust-off

dust-off  n.— «Everything I do in there just gives me that much more confidence on a dust-off.…It’s the same for every medic I work with.» —“The Doctors of War” by Bob Drury Men’s Health Jan. 30, 2006...