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单词 queue-jumper
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queue-jumpern.

Brit. /ˈkjuːˌdʒʌmpə/, U.S. /ˈkjuˌdʒəmpər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: queue n., jumper n.1
Etymology: < queue n. + jumper n.1, after to jump the queue at jump v. 10c (although this is first attested later). Compare later queue-jumping n., queue-jump v.
Originally and chiefly British.
A person who pushes forward out of turn in a queue. Also figurative: a person who obtains unfair priority over others.
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1920 Fleetwood Chron. 8 Oct. 8/4 The latest [scheme to regulate traffic]—that of entering ships on a queue system from the Humber—has had beneficial results, but trawler-owners have had to deal with the ‘queue jumpers’, who, failing to keep the line, have been responsible for serious collisions and damage.
1936 Sunday Mirror 23 Feb. 38/3 Just as every rose must have its thorn every queue must have its queue-jumper. It is a nasty, sneaking little vice, and the man who indulges in it is the sort of worm who pinched his brother's sweets in the nursery.
1960 Guardian 17 June 2/3 There are three types [of private patients]—the snobs..the queue-jumpers..and the business executive.
1968 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 14/7 A major hindrance to smooth traffic-flow is the queue-jumper, who invariably gets stuck.
1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. iv. 95 Sweeney, an unhesitating queue-jumper, was, for once, left out in the cold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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