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Used by moonshiners to evade authorities during Prohibition.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving backwards when forward power is again applied. Full definition →
Used by moonshiners to evade authorities during Prohibition.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.