| 释义 |
dragsman|ˈdrægzmən|
1. The driver of a drag or coach.
1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 284 He slanged the dragsman..which means that he sneaked away from the coach, without even apologizing for his want of means of paying. 1840Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story i, He had..a nod for the shooter or guard, and a bow for the dragsman. 1885New Bk. Sports 166 Men do not drive nowadays with the skill which used to characterize the gentleman dragsman.
2. Rogues' cant. A robber of vehicles, a dragger.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Dragsman, a thief who follows the game of dragging. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1862) II. 332 ‘Dragsmen’, i.e. those persons who steal goods or luggage from carts and coaches.
3. One employed to drag a river-bed, etc.
1896Daily News 15 Apr. 6/5 When every inch of the dark river bed..has been raked..the dragsmen..move round on to the towing path and begin again. |