ghetto lottery
(idiomatic, figurative, US) A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.
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(idiomatic, figurative, US) A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.
1977, Jack Newfield, Paul Du Brul, The Abuse of Power: the Permanent Government and the Fall of New York, Viking Press, page 258. ([http://books.google.com/books?id=3_olAAAAMAAJ&q=%22ghetto+lottery%22&dq=%22ghetto+lottery%22&hl=en&sa=X&e…
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