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an American Ford car US Citizens' band radio slang; a reference to US President Richard Nixon. — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 76, 1976 — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 161, 1981 ...
Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is ...
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