milum observes:

#28 was the late NASCAR driver Davey Allison's number for one thing, and another thong is that I've heard the term "false modesty" all my short adult life.

Thongs = false modesty?

Gotcha!


Cresset is a bonafide word. Thought so. Here's MW on it:

": an iron vessel or basket used for holding an illuminant (as oil) and mounted as a torch or suspended as a lantern"