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crash pad
noun
1.
Slang. a place to sleep or live temporarily and at no cost.
2.
padding inside cars, tanks, or the like, for protecting passengers in the event of an accident, sudden stop, etc.
Origin:
1935–40
1935–40
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Crash pad
is always a great word to know.
So is schlock. Does it mean:
| something of cheap or inferior quality; junk |
| a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| crash pad | |
| —n | |
| slang a place to sleep or live temporarily | |
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
crash pad
A free, temporary lodging place, as in The company maintains several crash pads for employees from out-of-town divisions. This expression originally referred to a place affording runaways, drug addicts, and the like somewhere to crash in the sense of "sleep." In time it also was used more broadly, as in the example. [Slang; 1960s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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