单词 | chicken runner |
释义 | > as lemmasˈchicken runner ˈchicken runner n. colloquial (depreciative) a person who emigrates from an area of political upheaval and uncertainty (see sense 2). ΚΠ 1980 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East & Afr. (B.B.C.) 24 June ME/6453/B/3 Zimbabwe made many friends during the liberation struggle, and..these people will be very glad to come and replace every white chicken-runner who cannot accept change. 1986 G. McDougall in Style Nov. 8 Your chicken-runners remind me of people I once saw come down to a beautiful, spotless beach. They littered it..then moved off to sit on a fresh, clean space. 1994 Style Oct. 12 Hypocritical outpourings from chicken-runners who decide to spend a short time in South Africa. 2015 Times of Zambia (Nexis) 20 Sept. That chicken runner who cannot put up with repeated power disruptions. < as lemmas |
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