... from the little back room beyond Ragland's station Just like every other morning or afternoon, the mibracc — the caddies' nickname for "men in the back room at the country club" — were in there, ... clear, sparkling fraction of the smeel was gathering in pools and eddies near the drain, humping itself up into tiny waterspouts, circling around and around, the smaller vortices joining into bigger ... After draining the three other mibracc — none of whom seemed to mind — he wrapped the five skins into tight rolls, and went out into the locker room The clarified smeel gathered into watery columns...