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platform or cage moved vertically in a shaft to transport people and goods to various floors in a building (US: elevator) ride as a passenger in a vehicle (as in, to give someone a lift) item placed in shoe to increase the height of the wearer, normally plural (lifts, elevator shoes) an elevation in mood, "I got a lift just talking with her." line
The individual responsible for detonating the safe as part of a safe blowing crew; see yegg [167] finger Identify or direct someone, especially to a professional killer; Put the finger on or to finger someone [168] finger man finger man snitch inside person find the finger man [168] fink. Main article: Informant. Informant; stool pigeon [168 ...
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
A shot is also commonly referred to as a sfinaki and it can be made of one liquor or a cocktail mix. There is also a 3 oz – "bottoms up" – version of sfinaki, called ipovrihio, Greek word for submarine. It is served in a standard liquor glass half full of blonde beer, where the bartender adds a glass shot filled with vodka or whiskey.
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
There’s the person at the center of the incident, Alec Baldwin, actor and one of the film's producers who fired the shot that killed the movie’s director of photography, Halyna Hutchins. But ...
The optic or non-drip measure is mounted beneath an inverted spirit bottle, so that a pre-defined volume of the bottle's contents drains into the measure. Lifting a lever on the side of the measure first closes off the measure from the bottle, then dispenses the measured liquid into the glass or mixing vessel held underneath.
Patrick’s habit built steadily and in secret. He needed a Percocet just to get out the door. After a statewide and federal crackdown on pain pills made them too expensive, he switched to heroin. He shot up alone in the privacy of his condo — neither his best friend nor his girlfriend at the time ever saw him with a needle.