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Bubblers

In a few parts of the country, such as eastern Wisconsin, the more common term for “water fountain” is bubbler. A man who heard the term frequently in Rhode Island wonders: How did bubbler make it all the way over to Rhode Island, but...

Jamrocks

Jamrocks  n.β€” Β«Jamrocks (the word is Jamaican patois slang for the island country) is a funky little place.Β» β€”β€œIt’s ’Marley and me’ at Jamrocks Grill” by Mary K. Means Bradenton...

brass-plate bank

brass-plate bank  n.β€” Β«He was first investigated 20 years ago when he became a subject of a joint Scotland Yard-FBI investigation into so-called β€œbrass-plate” banks on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The investigation was set up after...

black starting

black starting  n.β€” Β«The loss of four major transmission lines from Hawaiian Electric’s Kahe power plant last night triggered an island-wide blackout.…HECO was woking last night to restart its generators at Kahe and Waiau, a process...

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