单词 | hell driver |
释义 | hell drivern.ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > fast or reckless hell driver1699 scorcher1885 automaniac1902 speed merchant1913 speedster1921 thruster1925 cowboy1928 speed hog1928 speeder1974 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hell-driver, a Coachman. 1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. 153 Mr. Hell-driver proceeds to whipping..perhaps for a whole street's length, distressing all his other Horses. 2. A person who drives a vehicle in a fast or daredevil manner, esp. as an occupation. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > fast Jehu1682 mile-eater1908 hell driver1934 1933 Lima (Ohio) Sunday News 8 Oct. 27/6 (advt.) See ‘Hell-Drivers’. Tuesday night at 7:30.] 1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 Apr. 9/2 I've been what people call a ‘hell driver’ for years. 1971 Cape Times 13 Feb. 7/6 The helldriver with the 99-to-1 chance of becoming the first Cape Times hell-driving champion. 2007 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y) (Nexis) 1 Apr. g1 Stunt drivers, or hell drivers as they were often called, would amaze people in the stands at raceways and county fairgrounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699 |
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