Coming down the pike means something is approaching or in the works, and it isn’t special legal jargon, even if Lucy in Indianapolis first heard it in law school about Supreme Court opinions. The pike is shortened from turnpike, a toll road once...
What’s the difference between a turnpike and a highway? In the 1700s, privately funded roads were constructed in the Northeast to connect commercial centers, but tolls were charged to pay for the wood planks that covered the road; this was well...
In San Diego, a man says increasingly he hears the phrase down the pike at work but suspects it was originally down the pipe. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Down the Pike” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Brian...
relocatable n.— «n an industrial lot alongside Pike Road, amid steel frames and giant cranes, is where portables are born. The concrete cottages that go together like an erector set and promise more permanence are finding their way to school...
concretable n.— «In an industrial lot alongside Pike Road, amid steel frames and giant cranes, is where portables are born. The concrete cottages that go together like an erector set and promise more permanence are finding their way to school...
soft-seater n.— «It is a “soft seater” theater that is not really a place you would imagine a ROCK concert would be held.» —“Favourite Pike Memory?” by Nancy C in Ottawa Northern Pikes Assorted Secrets Message Forums (Can.) Apr. 20, 2004. (source:...