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boarding house reach noun an effort by a diner to reach for a serving plate rather than ask for it to be passed US, 1906- — Joseph A. Weingarten, An American Dictionary of Slang, p. 35, 1954
- Well, my old ma always said you had to have a boarding house reach if you were ever going to get your share off the table. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 104, 1987
- Yes, we are responsible for our own actions, our own boarding-house reach at the table, our own failure to get any exercise more strenuous than fumbling for the remote. — Salt Lake Tribune, p. A12, 13 November 2003
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