Word: squeezees
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LIKE "SLIME" and "grime," "sleaze" contains the sound of its meaning. Like "grease" and "squeeze," it's suggestive--onomatopoetic. Moreover, all of these are linked in another way--they have all come to have a political meaning.
After a public auction of the bar's equipment, the last night in the club's existence was a complete sellout. A standing-room-only crowd forced many loyal fans to wait outside until late in the night, while those regulars lucky enough to squeeze in drowned their sorrow in...
Between high interest rates and falling land prices, many farmers are in serious trouble, suffocating in a credit squeeze.
You loved him in the Old Testament. Well, here he is again, ladies and germs: the guy who put the kibosh on Goliath; the main squeeze of the lovely and talented Bathsheba; the papa of Solomon, an extremely influential person in his own right; and, last but not least, a...
The Jigsaw Man is a desperate attempt to squeeze the last bits of entertainment from a once exciting, but now worn topic. Given the thoroughness with which the Philby affair has been dealt with in movies, books and the press, it appears to be time for writers and directors to...