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$100 hamburger
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English
Alternative forms
en hundred-dollar hamburger
Pronunciation
en En-au-$100 hamburger.ogg AU
Noun
mul $mul 100 hamburger
en slang aviation A general aviation flight that involves flying a short distance, eating a meal, and flying back.
en 2007-10-26 Matthew Preusch https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/travel/escapes/26burger.html Cleared for Lunching: The $100 Hamburger It’s called hunting the $100 hamburger — “$100” referring to the cost of fuel — sort of the aeronautical equivalent of lazy Sunday drives in which the destination isn’t as important as the pleasure of getting away.
en hamburger
en 2010 William Poundstone Brandon O'Dell Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) Farrar, Straus and Giroux 9781429943932 159 https://books.google.com/books?id=xWjTZhw1MiUC&lpg=PA159 Daniel Boulud has a restaurant that serves a truffle and Kobe steak hamburger for $100 It's to make everything else on the menu look cheap by comparison. Someone sees a $100 hamburger on the menu, and they can look at a $50 steak and see it's a bargain.
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