| 单词 | blanket stiff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblanket stiff blanket stiff n. North American slang (now historical) an itinerant labourer, typically a man, whose possessions are wrapped in a blanket or bedroll when travelling (see earlier blanket man n. 2); cf. also bindle-stiff.Usually derogatory or depreciative, having negative associations with begging, homelessness, etc.Occasionally used of a woman. [ < blanket n. + stiff n. (compare stiff n. 4).] ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > carrying belongings swagman1851 swagger1855 swagsman1869 swaggie1892 bagman1896 drummer1898 battler1900 bindle-man1900 bindle-stiff1900 bluey-humper1903 bag lady1972 bag woman1977 1879 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 13 Nov. 4/2 Conductors and brakemen can't bear these fellows that carry blankets. They are called blanket stiffs on the road. 1912 Industr. Worker (Spokane, Washington) 1 May 2/2 The blanket stiff is scorned in some quarters, but without him the railroads could never have been built and the harvest could not be reaped. 1996 K. Starr Endangered Dreams (1997) ii. 45 Migrants were not workers to be treated with dignity, but hoboes, blanket stiffs, to be shunned by mainstream society. < as lemmas |
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