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dodge tide

dodge tide  n.— «Adelaide is one of the few places in the World to experience days without tidal movement, or a “dodge tide” as it is called, and day 3 racing was one of those days.» —“SAP 505 World’s Day 3—Lake...

cowdust time

cowdust time
 n.— «In the evening at “cowdust time” the cattle are driven home.» —by Spencer Harcourt Butler India Insistent , 1931. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Dust Off

Dust Off  n.— «The 57th had worked without a tactical call sign, simply using “Army” and the tail number of the aircraft.…Major [Lloyd E.] Spencer decided that this slapdash system had to go. In Saigon he visited Navy...

jitterbug

jitterbug  n.— «“Idiot! You’re an idiot!” she started in, grilling him about why he started crack at age 47, about flushing his life down the toilet, about how now, at his age, he would join the idle, young black males in jail...