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Stokes basket

Stokes basket  n.— «They got the Stokes basket down there, a kind of wire basket moulded to the shape of the body, and they floated me on that, then lifted me up and out.» —by Dennis Smith Firefighters: Their Lives in Their Own...

ride

ride  n.— «He’s hoping they can wire him an immediate $400—maybe even this afternoon. “With that, we will have enough for the ride,” he says, using the English word. El Ride is the pickup from an Arizona highway toward a safe...

spizerinktum

spizerinktum
 n.— «Although a live wire, the dengue took much of the spizerinktum out of his being for the time being only, we know.» —Mexia Evening News (Texas) Oct. 13, 1922. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

kegler

kegler  n.— «DeWitt Riess, another good kegler, was not up to standard. His three-game score of 455 was not anywhere near what he is capable of doing.» —“Rotarians Not At Their Best In Wire Tourney” Sheboygan Press...