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Pennsylvania tuxedo

Pennsylvania tuxedo  n.— «To deer hunters in Pennsylvania and beyond, it introduced the Classic Hunt Coat. Combined with matching snow pants—in open black-on-deep-cherry-red “Heritage Plaid”—it was the uniform of the day for those pursuing...

box-checker

box-checker  n.— «Noley and Chenault have a name for those who would use spurious ties to tribal heritage to further their employment opportunities. They call them “box-checkers.” According to Chenault, some job candidates simply “check...

mock-checker

mock-checker  n.— «Noley and Chenault have a name for those who would use spurious ties to tribal heritage to further their employment opportunities. They call them “box-checkers.” According to Chenault, some job candidates simply “check...

flapping track

flapping track  n.— «Flapping tracks is the term used to describe independent greyhound racing tracks which are legal and licensed to a local authority.» —“Battle to save greyhound heritage” by Harold Heys This is...

three plastic animals rule

three plastic animals rule  n.— «In 1995, after ACLU sued, Jersey City added a six-foot-high Santa Claus, a three-and-a half-foot-tall Frosty the Snowman, a four-foot-high sleigh, Kwanzaa symbols and a sign explaining that it was...

party-pup

party-pup  n.— «Even the name we call dogs of mixed heritage has changed. When I was a young boy on the farm in southern Idaho, or first started practicing as a veterinarian, we called them Heinz 57s or mutts. Now we refer to them as...

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