pea shake house
n.— «In the days before the Muncie game, long lines of cars formed at the Cities Service gas station at Sixteenth Street and Senate Avenue, the hub of basketball betting. Paychecks were wagered in the Chrysler and Allison factories of Indianapolis, and major sums were staked in “pea shake houses,” named for a local game, along Indiana Avenue.» —by Phillip M. Hoose Hoosiers: Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana Sept. 12, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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