单词 | railroad bull |
释义 | > as lemmasrailroad bull railroad bull n. U.S. slang a member of a railroad police force. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > on railways railroad bull1897 railway bull1957 1897 N.Y. Times 18 Sept. 3 He said that there were railroad ‘bulls’ (armed officials) at every station, to intercept ‘hobos’. 1941 S. Longstreet Last Man around World xxxiii. 357 Hobo and railroad bull..and people who once shook hands with Warren G. Harding..fill the land. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West i. ii. 40 And as they grew older they matched their wits against the railroad bulls, hopping off and on the freights in displays of daring. < as lemmas |
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