cow dust hour n.— «The “cow dust” hour of evening—how I love that phrase—when the call comes for home and family, and the sky is filled with the green, gold, crimson of the screaming, homing parrots.» —“Exquisite Fantasy of Rural India” by Phil M...
hully-gully adj.— «They’d call it ball-hogging or trigger-happy basketball or a simple lack of patience. John Hutchcraft calls it a practice drill.…He’s heard words like “hully-gully” and “hogball” to describe how basketball is played at the rural...
jade berg n.— «On the bridge this morning Tim the second mate spotted a “jade” berg. These are quite rare and distinctive for their opaque jade colour. This one was smallish and rounded like river stone. While no one is really sure, there is a...
chatter bump n.— «One of her most unusual assignments was to build a road with all the wrong bankings. She created a four-mile nightmare of incorrectly canted curves, chatter bumps, potholes and a hundred other hazards found on rural highways. It’s...
chatter bump n.— «A key issue is what the suit calls “chatter bumps,” which rural drivers refer to as washboards.» —“Condition of county road to factor in wrongful-death suit” by Steven Hepker Citizen-Patriot (Jackson, Mich.) Feb. 11, 2006...
bitch hook n.— «When I get 15 to 20 people on the bob-sled, it really tends to push them downhill. I did hear about a chain you throw under the runners (with a bitch hook?).» —“Bob-sled brakes” by Ted Rural Heritage—Front Porch Dec. 28, 2004...