Elder Dictionary

Elderly Terms, Meanings and Definitions

clean your clock, phrase

To slap someone silly to put some sense into them.
If you don't start picking up your messes, mister, I am going to clean your clock.

Added on June 28, 2011 by Ken Clinkenbeard

dime store, noun

A small store which sells minimal items specializing in nicknacks, candy, Hallmark cards, and hidden treasures in a desolate town.
Johnny went down to the dime store for a root-beer float.

Added on May 8, 2011 by danielslaughter

straw that broke the camel's back, phrase

Usually an incident that is not the direct cause for an issue, but something which puts a person's, place's or thing's point of stress past the threshold of causing consequences.
It wasn't the lack of candy sales which caused the drive-in to close; those sales were just the straw that broke the camel's back.

Added on May 11, 2012 by danielslaughter

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