| 单词 | rod-rider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrod-rider rod-rider n. North American colloquial a person, esp. a hobo, who (habitually) travels on the railways without paying by riding on the connecting draw rod of a railway carriage or truck; cf. sense 6b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > traveller by rail > types of commutation passenger1856 commuter1865 train jumper1879 tube traveller1903 rod-rider1904 1904 L. G. Meushaw Plea of Toiler 6 The more daring members of the trampdom fraternity..are the hobo, yegg, tourist, rod rider..and the like. 1952 L. Hughes Laughing to keep from Crying 60 The rod-riders got off nowhere near the station. 1992 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 5 Dec. a13 Hitchhikers and rod-riders in from the West poured into those terminal yards. < as lemmas |
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