hobo pack Β n.βΒ Β«We skin our trout, place it on tin foil, squeeze lemon juice over it and a pat of butter. Wrap the fish into a bundle (Boy Scouts call this a hobo pack) and place it in the camp fire coals for about 15 to 20 minutes. Butter and lemon...
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Β n.βΒ Β«Give the World Bank a tin medal for pusillanimity.» βby David S. LandesΒ Wealth and Poverty of NationsΒ Mar., 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tin medal Β n.βΒ Β«For some kind of tin medal for having made the least valuable contribution toward solving the strike situation in defense industries, we nominate those gentlemen who rose in the Senate and House and shrieked for βthe electric chairβ...
tin medal Β n.βΒ Β«You can let your hair grow long, shove your sombrero on to the back of your head, strike your breast close to where youβve pinned that tin medal you made yourself.» ββMedicine Man Gets PatrioticβΒ Washington PostΒ Oct. 6, 1907...
tin medal Β n.βΒ Β«The prize of a gold medal for the best female skater was award to Miss Mamie McElwee, and the prize of a tin medal for the poorest male skater was given, in a joke, to a young gentleman who really skates excellently well.» ββThe Rink...
tin medal Β n.βΒ Β«In short, the reporting was an insult to our intelligence. In a Reportersβ Olympics they wouldnβt score a medal, not even a tin medal.» ββRegular ShortsβΒ by Margaret ChurchillΒ in Coffs HarbourΒ Sydney Morning HeraldΒ (Australia)Β Mar...

