TOBY n.— «There was, however, an experimental trial which offered hope. Total body hypothermia (or Toby, as it’s known), involved cooling babies suffering from asphyxia (oxygen starvation) to try to prevent them from dying or developing...
starvation corner n.— «U.S. home construction, on starvation corner for the past three years, became the first industry to get a full-ripe postwar plum.» —“Where’s the Ceiling?” Time Oct. 1, 1945. (source: Double...
starvation corner n.— «In 1945 opponents of the American Loan denounced its acceptance as “an economic Munich,” to which [John Maynard] Keynes retorted that the alternative was “starvation corner...
starvation corner n.— «Dorothy Mitchell Fales gathered her entire family at her rectangular table, adding and removing leaves depending on which sons or grandchildren were in attendance. At our peak, we were fourteen. The children would...
Starvation Corner
n.— «This is—Starvation Corner, this is. Cripes! Couldn’t I do a couple of them sausages!» —by George Orwell A Clergyman’s Daughter , 1936. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
starvation corner n. a literal or notional place of little sustenance, especially that part of a large gathering (a banquet, mealtime in a dining hall, a family get-together, etc.) in which food has yet to be served or eaten. Editorial Note: Often...