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doughnut

doughnut  n.— «A doughnut, and although that’s a pejorative wine tasters sometimes use (as in, a wine that’s got a lot of front and back but a hole in the middle), there are no holes in this one.» —“Red, red wine in a modern beat style” by Jurgen...

circus save

circus save  n.— «Garrett made a circus save on a shot by Vancouver’s Mike Chernoff in the third period Friday night.» —“Goalie Stars in Fighting Saints’ Win Over Blazers” Ironwood Daily Globe (Mich.) Nov. 10, 1973. (source: Double-Tongued...

Corpse

Corpse  n.— «The CBC a.k.a. The Corpse (oops, I meant Corp) is an excellent window to the national psyche and does have some great programming.» —“Poking pieces of The Corpse” by Ilana Mercer North Shore News (North Vancouver, B.C., Can.) Dec. 14...

starlight tour

starlight tour  n.— «In the case of the men beaten in Stanley Park, police believed they were dealing drugs but couldn’t prove it. Richardson said they took the men on a so-called starlight tour to teach them a lesson the courts wouldn’t...

California bike

California bike  n.— «Cruisers evolved from balloon tire bikes in the 1940s, so named because of their fat tires. They later came to be called boardwalk bikes, Florida bikes or California bikes.» —“Flashy cruiser bikes have admirers wherever they...

Florida bike

Florida bike  n.— «Cruisers evolved from balloon tire bikes in the 1940s, so named because of their fat tires. They later came to be called boardwalk bikes, Florida bikes or California bikes.» —“Flashy cruiser bikes have admirers wherever they...