| 单词 | squeegee bandit |
| 释义 | > as lemmassqueegee bandit A (young) person with a squeegee who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and solicits payment from the driver. Originally and frequently attributive in squeegee bandit, squeegeekid, squeegee thug, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > one who washes vehicles > one who washes car windscreens squeegee1985 1985 Washington Post 28 Apr. b1/1 When rush-hour traffic backs up along the downtown streets here, the ‘squeegee kids’ are in business. 1986 J. A. Friedman Cops & Skells in Tales of Times Square (1993) 137 The squeegee bandits at 42nd and Ninth take a moment's break from their particular contribution to a cleaner New York when the patrol passes. 1991 Evening Standard 13 May 7/2 ‘Squeegees’, the growing urban tribe who molest waiting motorists at busy road junctions. 1992 Crime Beat Jan. 6/3 The squeegee thugs..have become a scourge of inner-city motorists... The squeegees wait at busy intersections. When cars stop for a red light, the young men carrying long-handled rubber squeegees approach each car in line offering to clean the windshield. 1993 H. Stern Private Parts xi. 304 We showed her as a carnival barker, a Hare Krishna, a nun, and a squeegee woman washing car windshields. 1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 34/3 She let out a voice so clear one could have made a windshield out of it that would put the squeegeemen out of work for good. < as lemmas |
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