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Spa

A luncheonette or ma-and-pop convenience store (e.g., the Palace Spa in Brighton). Store 24s are never spas.

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the highway spa in hyde park, the corner of truman highway and fairmount ave, you know the spa
rockiei place

barbara ruzanski on February 18, 2004 06:26 AM.

the Spa, otherwise known as the Spah, at the corner of fairmount ave and truman highway in high park, you know rockies place the spa, you know?

barbara ruzanski on February 18, 2004 07:41 PM.

I always can go for "Spa". Referring to the Town Spa Pizza Place in Stoughton, Mass (aka Stow 'tin)

Jerri on June 11, 2004 10:23 PM.

"Go downa Spa 'n' get me a dekka butts"...any wanna translate?

sidson on June 14, 2004 12:59 PM.

does a spa also mean like a small hot water pool?

Koby on June 21, 2004 03:25 AM.

Go to the convience store and get me a pack of ciggarettes. is that the translation? I wasn't sure about dekka

p on June 30, 2004 05:23 PM.

Oxford Spa (on Oxford Street) and Melrose Spa (on Mass Ave) between Harvard Square and Porter Square in Cambridge

SDL on August 18, 2005 03:27 PM.

Anyone from Chelsea remember a place called Tony's Spa? Probably would of been around in the 1950's, 60's, 70's? My grandfather and his brothers owned it and I've always wanted to know more about it...thanks!

Missy on February 6, 2006 06:23 PM.

Melrose Spa is on Mass Ave but it's in Ahhlinton...not Cambridge. Dekka is just another term for a "Pack of", like a dekka cards, I mean cahhds.

JF on March 23, 2007 07:43 PM.

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