snooker clause n.— «It is called a “snooker clause” in legislative parlance—a last-minute insert into a dense and hurried midnight bill that, if ever disclosed after passage, always leaves legislators shocked, shocked at how...
stagette n.— «Following an informal “stagette” dance a midnight feast of ices and cakes was served.» —“Social and Personal” Fayetteville Democrat (Ark.) July 14, 1920. (source: Double-Tongued...