单词 | rover ticket |
释义 | > as lemmasrover ticket c. A person attending a performance, meeting, etc., who holds a ticket but has no allocated seat or place, and so must find a place to sit or stand. Also rover ticket. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > one who has no seat standee1845 rover1882 1882 Birmingham Daily Post 20 July 4/7 We understand that the whole of the five guinea tickets, popularly called ‘Rovers' Tickets’..have already been disposed of. 1912 Times 2 Jan. 5/3 At 8:15 all unoccupied seats will be filled up from the holders of ‘rover’ tickets. 1933 H. G. Wells Bulpington of Blup v. 177 They were to go as ‘Rovers’ to the Russian Ballet. 1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? xxxi. 279 All the stalls were sold out and they had to be content as ‘rovers’ without allotted seats, sitting or standing about wherever they could. 1999 A. Sinfield Out on Stage i. 10 [In the 1930s] you could get a Rover ticket at the Palladium. People used to stand along the back of the circle and there about. rover ticket e. Chiefly British. A ticket, pass, etc., which allows unlimited travel on certain public transport services for a specified period. Chiefly attributive, esp. in rover ticket. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket ticket1673 card1749 brief1860 ducket1871 rover1934 1934 Manch. Guardian 14 Apr. 12/6 London Transport believes that there is a real demand for such ‘rover’ tickets, especially in the fine weather. 1976 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 12 Feb. c2 You can buy a ‘Red Bus Rover Ticket’ for less than one dollar, and ride all day long on any London Transport bus. 1982 Observer 10 Jan. 33/9 A two-man tent, airbed, breakfast, site fees and a Rover pass on the long-distance Egged buses costs £40-£44. 1993 Holiday Which? Jan. 19/3 Bus users should ask about cost-cutting dayriders and rovercards. 2004 J. F. Duddle Daytrips Scotl. & Wales i. 11 Buy a rover on the first bus you board and use it all day on buses 1 to 99. < as lemmas |
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