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Riding the rail (also called being " run out of town on a rail ") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The subject was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside ...
Girl who has to entertain her father's customers from out of town [8] bookkeeping The art of making a date [8] booklegger. Main article: Rum-running. Dealer in suppressed novels [8] bootleg Illegal alcohol [44] bootlegger Someone who makes or sells alcohol illegally [47] booze. Main article: Alcoholic beverage. Drink or shot of Alcohol [48 ...
[1] [2] Out of the four attacks, it is the only one witnessed by a live television audience and confirms that the North Tower had been deliberately attacked. 9:28: Flight 93 is hijacked above northern Ohio, turning to the southeast. 9:37:46: Flight 77 crashes into the western side of The Pentagon. All 58 passengers and crew are killed aboard ...
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, [1] was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It began in September, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed, and ended in mid-November. The pivotal role of the 1920s' high-flying bull market ...
Boondocks. The boondocks is an American expression from the Tagalog (Filipino) word bundók ("mountain"). It originally referred to a remote rural area, [1] but now, is often applied to an out-of-the-way area considered backward and unsophisticated by city-folk. It can also occasionally refer to a mountain in both Filipino and American context.
A stuntman diving out a window. Autodefenestration (or self-defenestration) is the term used for the act of jumping, propelling oneself, or causing oneself to fall, out of a window. In the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, the accidental autodefenestration of a young man of Troas named Eutychus is recorded.
Town criers were protected by law, as they sometimes brought bad news such as tax increases. Anything done by the town crier was done in the name of the ruling monarch and harming a town crier was considered to be treason. [9] The phrase "don't shoot the messenger" was a real command. [9]
Gate crashing, gatecrashing, or party crashing is the act of entering, attending, or participating in an event without an invitation or ticket. [1]The term has also come to be used to refer to intrusions on videographed sessions, such as interviews and news reports, either by parties the video producers did not intend to feature or by unforeseen, often whimsical, acts.