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Firestone layaway
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English
Etymology
Derived from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, a manufacturer of rubber products, in reference to en rubber check.
Noun
en slang US The practice of issuing a check on insufficient funds.
1985, Mr. Beckman, Hill Street Blues television program, Season 5, Episode 9:
Detective LaRue showed me his gratitude by paying me off on the Firestone layaway.
en Banking