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impact incarceration

impact incarceration  n.— «A prison work camp in southern Illinois will be turned into a military-style boot camp designed to shock youthful offenders out of a life of crime, Gov. Thompson announced Friday. The planned “impact...

high impact incarceration

high impact incarceration  n.— «The New York City Correction Commissioner said yesterday that a “high impact incarceration plan”—similar in some ways to the state’s boot-camp program for prisoners—would begin at Rikers Island...

kegler

kegler n. a bowler. Etymological Note: < German Kegler, a player of a form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

kegler

kegler  n.— «DeWitt Riess, another good kegler, was not up to standard. His three-game score of 455 was not anywhere near what he is capable of doing.» —“Rotarians Not At Their Best In Wire Tourney” Sheboygan Press...

Whole Paycheck

Whole Paycheck  n.— «What Whole Foods isn’t known for is offering bargain prices. Some critics have been known to refer to the chain as “Whole Paycheck.”» —“Eastside food fight—Whole Foods prepares to open Bellevue...

groundscore

groundscore
 n.— «Groundscores: Anything valuable found on the ground.» —“Slang used by the Rainbow Family” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Wash.) July 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)