| 单词 | carriage starter |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarriage starter c. A person engaged to work at a hotel, station, etc., organizing transport for guests or passengers requiring a taxi or the like. Often more fully carriage starter, cab starter, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > hotel employee who organizes transport starter1894 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees starter1894 1894 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 24 Mar. 15199/1 Outside the hotel doors, besides the footmen, there are two carriage starters on duty until 1 o'clock at night. 1908 Horseless Age 13 May 568/2 At the end of each call he [sc. the taxicab driver] must make a record..and also report to his starter. 1910 W. L. Comfort Routledge rides Alone v. 75 The rather intent regard of the cab-starter pulled Routledge from his reflecting. 1932 Making Bus Operations Pay iv. 77 The station is kept open 24 hours a day by a force of eleven paid employees and three redcaps to handle baggage. Included in the paid force is..a special officer who also acts as a taxi starter. 1981 Washington Post 22 Mar. (Mag. section) 8/4 ‘A starter,’ she said. ‘You know, the man who gets a guest a taxi.’ 2005 S. Dallas New Mercies 108 There was no taxi starter outside the hotel, so I headed for the depot. < as lemmas |
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