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flag drop

flag drop  n.— «The rate increase is the first since 2005, and the second since the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) assumed regulatory authority of local taxis that same year. Though the initial fare, commonly called the “flag...

Bambi Bucket

Bambi Bucket  n.— Note: Appears to be a trade name. «Inter-Island employees…helped firefighters attach to the chopper a 144-gallon Bambi Bucket, which hangs suspended from the aircraft after it lifts off.…D’Attilio hovered over...

feldencris

feldencris  n.— «During the 1990s, some dressage riders started studying why horses move so much more freely in the pasture than under saddle. Out of those questions came some better saddle-fitting techniques and a method, called...

terror-clown

terror-clown  n.— «The car bombs—one parked outside a London nightclub, one near Trafalgar Square and one driven into Glasgow airport—seemed especially incompetent. Lewis Page, a former bomb-disposal officer, suspects the patio-gas...

green hornet

green hornet  n.— «Like more than two dozen others crammed into the courtroom in a City of Ottawa building on Centrepointe that spring morning, Mr. Howard had come to fight a parking ticket. Every Wednesday, the court convenes to hear...

teaser parking

teaser parking  n.— «Another technique is to include a small amount of “teaser” parking visible from the street, which communicates to drivers the availability and location of parking. Teaser parking act as a visual cue, leading drivers to...