voter-owned election n.— «The qualifying contributions mandate is a provision that is traditionally part of voter-owned elections, another name for publicly financed elections.» —“Sign petitions, not checks” in University of North Carolina Daily...
air-sparaging n.— «Drilling began in 1995 for wells to be used in a process, called air-sparaging, to clean out the coal tar contaminants.» —“Coal-tar cleanup took 20 years” by Mark Simonson Daily Star (Oneonta, New York) Jan. 7, 2008. (source:...
tar-tar n.— Note: “Toi toi” is a type of grass native to New Zealand, as described here, although there is at least one species of bird native to the country, the North Island tomtit, that is of the subspecies “toitoi.” «“Her father, pretending to...
magical black man n.— «“Angel Levine” introduces us to another flying Jew, without feathers, this time simply black, a magical black man, Alexander Levine, by name, but by narrational locution, “the Negro.”…Where does such a magical black man come...
hully-gully
adj.— «What Baylor (30-3) has to avoid is the kind of “hully-gully” game that turns into a turnover fest.» —“Nipping at Tar Heels” by Jerry Hill in Tempe, Arizona Cox News Service Mar. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
stokes basket n.— «They attached what’s called a stokes basket to the ladder, and using control ropes above and below, they lowered Gamez to the ground.» —“Man Suffers Severe Tar Burns” by Mindy Blake KOLD-TV (Tucson, Ariz.) May 3, 2005. (source:...