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crow's nest noun- the uppermost balcony in a cinema US, 1970
A pun on the nautical term, acknowledging that the upper balconies were reserved for black people (CROW- — J.E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume One, p. 529, 1994
- the observation tower of a brakevan (caboose) US, 1940
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 261, 1946
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