A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Glimmer man
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A [glimmer man] (sometimes rendered as glimmerman) was a name unofficially, but universally, applied to [inspectors] who were employed by coal gas manufacturers in Ireland to detect the use of gas in breach of [rationing] restrictioons during the Emergency (ie. WW2) from March 1942 and in some places as late as 1947.
The term is now used as a metaphor for bureaucratic intrusion into privacy.
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