Firestone layaway

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, a manufacturer of rubber products, in reference to rubber check.

Noun[edit]

Firestone layaway (plural Firestone layaways)

  1. (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.
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