mayor’s cell
n.— «We set up the QRF and such, but the guard duty was run by the mayor’s cell on a DA6 (we had nothing to do with them).» —“Gate Guards” by Pete C. Usenet: alt.folklore.military June 23, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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