单词 | rattler-jumping |
释义 | > as lemmasrattler-jumping rattler-jumping n. and adj. Australian colloquial (now chiefly historical) the action or practice of travelling on a train or trains without paying a fare; cf. jump v. 6b. ΚΠ 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 May 20/1 Of all vocations rattler-jumping is the least easy. 1965 R. H. Conquest Horses in Kitchen vi. 45 Queensland was the ideal State for rattler-jumping. 1969 P. Adam-Smith Folklore Austral. Railwaymen 168 He..wasn't going to trust no rattler-jumping foot-loose school teacher with them [sc. his daughters]. 2000 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Mar. w4 When a novice rattler-jumping bagman responded, he'd have the unfortunate traveller out of the truck in a flash and into the cells charged with evading rail fares. < as lemmas |
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