单词 | street fighter |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet fighter street fighter n. a person who fights on the streets. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > in streets street fighter1837 1837 F. Kemble Star of Seville i. i. 13 I think we'd better spirits in our day Than these same noble street-fighters give promise of. 1838 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 19 Nov. Cannot our wives and daughters traverse our streets without meeting street fighters, and armed with double-barrelled guns, pistols and bowie knives at every corner? 1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago: Confidential ii. xxii. 170 We are all familiar with the hoodlumism of roving robbers after the Civil War, of the New York Hudson Dusters, and similar outfits of plain plunderers and street fighters in all our major cities. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Apr. 62/1 A former armed robber, brothel-keeper, street fighter and heroin junkie who served two sentences in..Pentridge Jail. < as lemmas |
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