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shodeo

shodeo  n.— «Her participation over the years included coining the term “shodeo” to describe drill team events sponsored by sheriff’s posses all over Oregon. In McMinnville, the name—a combination of “show” and...

gauge law

gauge law  n.— «Zee elaborated that the gauge laws, as they are called, explain how the world is put together through four fundamental force fields: gravitational, electromagnetic, weak and strong.» —“Physicist hypothesizes creator...

Baltimore wrench

Baltimore wrench n. a chisel and hammer; generally, as in additional forms given in citations, as a slang term a wrench is a tool used for a purpose other than that for which it was intended, especially when used as an implement of brute force...

monging

monging  n.— «These two students were quite a contrast to the homeless guy, who, I must say, I liked considerably more; he had no delusions of grandeur, unlike these perhaps too nicely groomed jocks, who felt it their mission for the night...

rollie

rollie  n.— «Dude, is that Drum you’re smoking? I don’t suppose I could steal a rollie from ya, could I?» —“On the road to ‘Wasterville,’ USA” by Daniel Cullen in Oregon State University Daily...

Oregon wrench

Oregon wrench
 n.— «Oregon wrench—Cold chisel and hammer.» —by McCulloch Woods Words , 1958. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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