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third rail
noun- a bill, especially in a restaurant US
A term of the 1940s music industry. - — Arnold Shaw, Lingo of Tin-Pan Alley, p. 20, 1950
- an extremely controversial political issue US
Like the third rail in an electric railway system, it is to be avoided. - The Social Security program is often being called the “third rail” of politics. — Omaha World-Herald, p. 8, 13 June 2000
- If there is a third rail full of lethal electricity in state politics this golden summer, it is asking voters to face stiff increases in gas and car costs. — The Seattle Times, p. B4, 16 July 2001
- inexpensive, potent alcohol US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 821, 1962
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