poppy store n.— «Since moving into the neighborhood in 2002, Candi Brown said she’s noticed a lot more “poppy stores”—street slang for bodegas—have turned up on street corners. Some of these stores attract unsavory types...
burn notice n.— «Despite these qualms at lower levels, no written warning—or “burn notice,” in CIA parlance—about Curveball ever was issued, and administration officials repeatedly used his bogus claim that Iraq had mobile...
grabbling n.— «Eddie Browning, who lives in Clyo, about 45 miles from Savannah, said the barehanded fishing method—he calls it grabbling—used to be common along the tributaries in South Georgia, but many practitioners had died off...
snakebite v.— «Temple over Toledo—Hard luck Owls shake the snakebite.» —“Pitt Picked to Lose, Yale to Take Penn” by Ralph Bernstein in Philadelphia Gettysburg Times (Pa.) Nov. 9, 1962. (source: Double...
snake bite v.— «Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Eckersley has good stats but hard luck. Eckersley’s latest bout with snakebite was Tuesday when when he limited the Philadelphia Phillies to two runs on five hits. He struck out nine hitters in...
snake bite v.— «Philadelphia stranded 11 baserunners, giving them a total of 28 left on base in three games. “Home runs continue to snake bite us,” said Manager Lee Eli.» —by Pohla Smith in Pittsburgh, Pa...