frog hair

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Noun

frog hair (usually uncountable, plural frog hairs)

1. (golf) The closely mown grass that surrounds a putting green, between the putting surface and any rough that might also surround the green.

   Synonyms: apron, collar, fringe

2. (US, politics, slang) Money contributed to a campaign.
   • 1974, Time, volume 103, page 29:

     Disturbingly, many of the plaque owners were contractors or architects who stood to benefit from making political contributions — "frog hair," as such funds are known locally.

   • 1975, Fred R. Harris, The New Populism, page 15:

     The great old political wizard who managed the Turner campaign, H. W. "Coach" McNeil, would call the young man into his office each morning and hand him a draft to be cashed at the bank. "My boy," he would say every time with solemn and ritualistic regularity, "we're a little short on frog hair."