单词 | duck-shover |
释义 | > as lemmasduck-shover duck-shover n. Australian and New Zealand slang a cabman who does not wait his turn in the rank, but touts for passengers; also transferred (see quot. 1941). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > driver of hired cab cab driver1825 cabman1828 cabbie1829 duck-shover1898 mini-man1961 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Duck-shover. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 3/2 A swanker and a duck~shover. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 26 Duckshover, one who adopts unfair business methods. < as lemmas |
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