stork parking
n.— «Zucca’s on Beckley Road has what is called “Stork Parking.” It designated a parking spot for mothers with children under age 1 about five years ago, when the store director’s wife was expecting and she found what a chore—and sometimes a struggle—it was getting in and out of the store.» —“Shopping with little ones a challenge” by Karen Lynn Todd Battle Creek Enquirer (Mich.) Mar. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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