stepwell
n.— «Compounding the vehicle’s irregularly-configured stepwell, a paratransit driver parked on an angle, on a sloped driveway, where his elderly passenger was forced to step onto a tiny triangle of curbing.» —“Defensive Non-Driving” by Ned Einstein Experts.com Nov., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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