dollar van n.— «In all, 13 commuters were pulled from the rented Dollar van—12 passengers between the ages of 15 and 65 years and a 7-month-old girl.» —“Cops, Sanit Worker Rescue 18 From Sinking Vehicles” Newsday (N.Y.) Mar. 15, 1993. (source:...
curbstoning n.— «There are follow-up visits to housing units where residents did not send in forms or mailed back incomplete ones and field inspections of addresses declared vacant or listed as having only one occupant, a danger signal that a...
pirata n.— «Some employers have sent minivans to pick up domestics stuck at home or at bus stops. Many bus and rail commuters have turned to taxi pirata.» —“Worker Unsolidarity” by Kenneth Noble Newsday Nov. 9, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued...
tissue n.— «They get hired when they’re pregnant just so they can get benefits and be put on a tissue (a job that’s more secure and less demanding than working behind the truck, like being a clerk).» —“A weeklong electronic journal of a sanitaton...
gooning v.— «He got his group off the ground by gooning leftists and militant workers on behalf of the San Francisco labor tops during the 1983 Greyhound strike.» —“Reformists Cover for Teamster Bureaucracy” Worker’s Vanguard (New York City) July...
visibility whip n. a worker responsible for precisely orchestrating the presentation of placards, chants, and other demonstrations of support among delegates at a political convention, especially during speeches. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)