tote a note v. phr.— «Robinson and Hancock, who owns his own tow truck and is self-employed, accompany each other as much as possible for an extra measure of safety. Many of the cars they pick up are for “tote-a-note” lots...
POCO n.— «Less than four months ago Ellyn McColgan emerged as the new new thing at Fidelity, moving up when Robert Reynolds became the latest in a long line of number twos to go POCO—that is, decide to pursue other career opportunities...
clip job n.— «Horwitt writes that he spent five years interviewing Feingold, his family and friends. He also read a lot of local and national newspapers, judging by the footnotes. But he drew on few other sources, and the result is...
blue-bird n.— «Her quota production is correct, but since she was the first salesperson in the company, she got a lot of “blue-bird” sales that came to her because she was the first, and for a while, the only salesperson in...
start-me-up n.— «Start-Me-Ups—these are youngsters starting out and on the way up: most are single and childless and in the 18 to 29 year age group with a male and white-collar job bias—they like fun and parties.» —“The new black...
dualy n.— «’73 Chevy “Big Dualy”…Here is the camper truck equipped to do the job.…dual wheels.» —“913 Trucks, Tractors” San Mateo Times (California) Jan. 22, 1973. (source: Double...