Word: bucketful
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...Bucket of Bolts with Dings...
...eight bills for a barefoot bucket of bolts that was down on its knees with 38 on the clock, and two dozen for a loaded cream puff with a few dings." I was reminded of some more lingo that one might encounter between two used-car dealers when I read your Oct. 13 article on the adman's jargon: "Dog, lemon, roach, bucket of bolts, Southern beauty, Detroit taxicab," etc. (a used car in very poor condition); "piece, piece of iron" (any car); "heat and music" (radio and heater); "bill" ($100); "dozen" ($1,200) "cream puff" (a used...
...said Agriculture officials, on either past or present pink-bollworm damage. What the release should have said was that the damage is the worst for any one year in the past 35, although compared to the total U.S. cotton crop, the damage will still be "a drop in the bucket." Next day cotton futures lost most of their gains...
...York and Paris, miming modern living with styles the rage of a quarter and half century ago, are inflating hips, deflating waists, and elating connoseurs of costume. Skirts have shrunk, blouses have balooned, and poodles have passed. The fad follower will wear green and love leather. In a bucket hat, barrel coat, and a beer bottle silhouette, she will look like nothing so much as a walking Schlitz...
...they would try to take advantage of Phil Murray's offer to reopen enough plants to keep defense production going. A mobilization official was less than confident about how much steel these efforts would provide. Said he: "It won't be a drop in the damn bucket...