tombstoning n. 1. the use of the names and data of dead persons to commit fraud. 2. In the U.K., the pastime of leaping from heights into bodies of water. Editorial Note: There are many figurative uses of tombstone, most generally meaning an object...
hundred-year cup n.— «Instead, he bought a tire cutter. The cutter slices the tires into two half-circles. By breaking the circle, the tires don’t trap methane gas, so they stay buried. According to Staley, the U shape has a secondary...
gallop girl n.— «Grisham, 36 and affectionately known at Selma’s Retama Park as a “gallop girl,” earns her living running thoroughbred horses for owners and trainers to keep them in shape for coming races.» —“Retratos:...
taco v.— «Taco: To bend a wheel over on itself into the shape of a taco. Example: “I tacoed my wheels, and it cost me 100 bucks.”» —“Cycling through the lingo” Ventura County Star (California) July 4...
bastard
n.— «Of abnormal shape or irregular (esp. unusually large) size; spec. applied…to a file intermediate between the coarse and fine ‘cuts.’» —, 1677. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Stokes basket n.— «They got the Stokes basket down there, a kind of wire basket moulded to the shape of the body, and they floated me on that, then lifted me up and out.» —by Dennis Smith Firefighters: Their Lives in Their Own...
