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pilo polo

pilo polo  n.— «For more than 10 years, a group has gathered to play pilo (pronounced like pillow) polo on winter holidays. Players are loosely divided into two teams. Each player gets a short plastic mallet with a rubber end. Everyone...

rehab

rehab  v.— «Topsfield Fire Chief Ronald Giovannacci said firefighting in the summer requires added safeguards. Regardless of temperature, firefighters go through a process known as “rehab.” After a certain amount of time...

opium bed

opium bed  n.— «The Backyard is punctuated with palm trees and so-called opium beds, which resemble open-sided concrete pillboxes and feature upholstered mattresses and flat-screen TVs. During the height of swim season, the poolside opium...

chatter bump

chatter bump  n.— «At the other end of the mud course was also a sharp left-hand turn with simulated chatter bumps on the pavement.» —“Dishing the dirt on safe winter driving” by Howard J. Elmer Toronto Star (Can...

Winterpeg

Winterpeg  n.— «Insingizi chose to spend a week in Winnipeg (dis)affectionately known to many in Canada as Winterpeg. We think they knew what those of us in Winnipeg know—cold weather leads to a passion for things to speed the winter along...

half-back

half-back  n.— «In South Carolina, they’re commonly known as half-backs, or those winter tourists who went down to Florida, realized it was too crowded, and came half-way back up.» —“Winter guests flock to coast” by Lauren...

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