Firestone layaway

== English == === Etymology === Derived from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, a manufacturer of rubber products, in reference to rubber check. === Noun === Firestone layaway (plural Firestone layaways) (slang, US) The practice of issuing a check on insufficient funds. 1985, Mr. Beckman, Hill Street Blues television program, Season 5, Episode 9: Detective LaRue showed me his gratitude by paying me off on the Firestone layaway.