skid n.— «We were going around in the pit having a good time, when a skin took down a street-kid who’s name I cannot remember. He hit him and called him a skid, who does nothing but loot in the garbage.…We got out and the the skins...
New York dress n.— «Now let me tell you, chickens you sold fresh, they had to be almost still alive. When we first started selling chickens, they couldn’t have the skin broke on ’em, so they weren’t drawn. They just had their...
beep test n.— «After being measured for height, weight, and skin folds and given complete medical tests, the prospective AFL candidates were put through agility runs, vertical jumps of both left and right feet and from a standing start...
tiger stripe n.— «Stretch marks, on the other hand, I’ve got lots more of.… (About 50% of the skin on my shoulders and the biceps side of my upper arms is stretch marks; overdoing it in the sun makes for a plethora of bright red...
stork mark n.— «Stork mark Pink macular mark, localized over the forehead, face, or nape of the neck in the newborn (angel’s kiss, salmon patch, stork bit, naevus simplex, erythema nuchae). Represents the fetal circulatory pattern in the...
stork mark n. an impermanent blemish on the skin of a newborn baby. Etymological Note: From the folk story that newborns are brought to families by storks. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)