Utah claw
n.— «“She had the Utah claw,” Mr. Simington explained, describing bangs that shot up toward the heavens.» —“A Night Out With Tiffani Thiessen” by Jesse McKinley New York Times Mar. 2, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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