Oklahoma adj.
used in combs. pertaining to the state, usu. implying social and material backwardness.
In compounds
(US) a siphon tube for stealing gasoline.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Baja California 65: Mike called this siphon hose an Oklahoma credit card. | |
| ‘Lang. of Traffic Policemen’ in AS XXXVII:4 271: oklahoma credit card, n. A can and siphon for stealing gasoline from an automobile tank. | |
| Doom Pussy 137: ‘Perhaps you could siphon gas out of the Associated Press jeep when we get there.’ [...] ‘Can’t do that without an Oklahoma credit card.’. | |
| Amer. Motorcyclist Oct. 12: As for the so-called ‘Oklahoma credit card’ system of gas siphoning, remember that it takes only a few drops of gasoline in the lungs to bring on pneumonia and possibly a speedy death. | |
| Monkey Wrench Gang 234: He groped under the seats until he found his Oklahoma credit card, a length of neoprene tubing. | |
| Trouble Times Two 131: The real trick to using an Oklahoma Credit Card is knowing when to stop sucking on the hose. |
(US) no guarantee.
| Trans. of Amer. Wildlife Fndn 8 73: The man said, ’Well, all I can give you is an Oklahoma guarantee.’ [...] ‘What is an Oklahoma guarantee?’ ‘Well, if I borrow this money and don't pay you back I'm just a dirty sob’. | |
| History of Humble Oil 32: The unscrupulous use of the confusion in Indian titles that gave rise in Texas to the scornful term, ‘an Oklahoma guarantee’. | |
| Western Folklore XXV:3 39: Oklahoma guarantee. ‘Means they will take it all away from you if they can.’ No guarantee at all. Houston, Texas, 1948-51. | |
| Kokomo Joe 21: ‘I’ll give my “Oklahoma Guarantee” on it.’ ‘An “Oklahoma Guarantee”? What's that?’ ‘I can't say for sure,’ he answered through his broad smile. ‘Because my horses always win, and I have never had to make good on the guarantee’. |
(US) a dust storm.
| DN V 37: Oklahoma rain, n.phr. A sand storm, common in that state . | |
| Cowboy Lingo 203: A sandstorm was an ‘Oklahoma rain’. | |
 | We Always Lie to Strangers 185: Along the Western edge of Arkansas, when a wind blows sand and dirt into the houses the old folks don’t call it a dust storm. They call it an Oklahoma rain. | |
| Indep. Record (Helena, MO) 9 Oct. 3/7: Talk about the weather might include some talk about Oklahoma rain (meaning a sandstorm). |