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high-wheel

high-wheel  n.— «The lady with the bag proceeded with the rush-hour crowd toward the nearest exit to the street at the uptown end of the platform. There she encountered a pair of what are officially termed High Entrance/Exit Turnstiles, or...

HEET

HEET  n.— «The lady with the bag proceeded with the rush-hour crowd toward the nearest exit to the street at the uptown end of the platform. There she encountered a pair of what are officially termed High Entrance/Exit Turnstiles, or HEET...

iron maiden

iron maiden  n.— «The lady with the bag proceeded with the rush-hour crowd toward the nearest exit to the street at the uptown end of the platform. There she encountered a pair of what are officially termed High Entrance/Exit Turnstiles...

iron ride

iron ride  n.— «Iron rides continue to chug along stronger than ever, bringing in more visitors and more money. “A new coaster can add up to 11 percent to a park’s revenue.”» —“Roller coaster designers exploit...

rice bowl

rice bowl n. in the military, a jealously protected program, project, department, or budget; a fiefdom. Etymological Note: Perhaps related to the Chinese concept of the rice bowl as a metaphor for the basic elements required to live, as seen, for...

rice bowl

rice bowl  n.— «The composition of QDR architects is likely to produce another rubber-stamp picture of where spending priorities should remain, thus protecting the iron rice bowls of tactical air supremacy aircraft, carriers and subs...