strap-hangv.

Forms: Also straphang.

Etymology: Back-formation < straphanger n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstrap-hang.

colloquial.

intransitive. To be a straphanger in a railway carriage, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (intransitive)] > travel as standing passenger

strap-hang1908

1908 O. Jespersen in Englische Studien 70 119 You strap-hang on the Subterranean.

1917 Daily Mail 28 Aug. 2/5 I think those weary girls look like tired little flowers as they strap-hang for half an hour or more.

1928 Outlook 26 May 646/2 Passengers need not ‘strap-hang’ if they did not wish, since all they had to do was to wait for a train with a vacant seat.

1931 J. Galsworthy Maid in Waiting vii. 55 The only..difference..between Parties is that one Party sits in the National 'Bus, and the other Party strap-hangs.

1937 W. H. Auden in W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. from Iceland v. 55 The bowler hat who straphangs in the tube.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 237/4 Miss Charles straphangs from fashion on a journey whose destination does not interest her.

1974 ‘K. Royce’ Trap Spider viii. 141 I still wonder what happened to her; it's not usually a happy ending with girls who strap-hang with rats like Laurie Yates.

1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 100/1 In the Europe Supermarket in Old Brompton Road, or strap-hanging in the tube from Gloucester Road, astonishingly you meet more people you know.

Derivatives

ˈstrap-hanging n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > fact of being a standing passenger

strap-hanging1919

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > types of passenger

short1785

bus riding1885

fare-free1893

strap-hanging1919

fare-paying1928

pre-boarded1976

1919 Electrician LXXXII. 497/2 The somewhat elaborate provision made for ‘strap hanging’.

1920 Cycling 5 Feb. p. i (advt.) The strap-hanging problem is easily solved by the satisfied owner of a Rudge-Whitworth.

1928 Daily Express 22 Dec. 7/2 (heading) Straphanging rule dispute.

1945 News Rev. 10 May 14 Keynoting the surface atmosphere, a Daily Express cartoon showed strap-hanging travellers reading splash-headlined newspapers.

1957 L. Durrell Justine i. 53 Here, where the general impression of British culture suggested parsimony, indigence, intellectual strap~hanging—here I would pass the evening alone.

1972 ‘C. Fremlin’ Appointment with Yesterday i. 8 Every strap~hanging commuter in London.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	strap-hang
释义	strap-hangv. Forms: Also straphang. Etymology: Back-formation < straphanger n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstrap-hang. colloquial. intransitive. To be a straphanger in a railway carriage, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (intransitive)] > travel as standing passenger strap-hang1908 1908 O. Jespersen in Englische Studien 70 119 You strap-hang on the Subterranean. 1917 Daily Mail 28 Aug. 2/5 I think those weary girls look like tired little flowers as they strap-hang for half an hour or more. 1928 Outlook 26 May 646/2 Passengers need not ‘strap-hang’ if they did not wish, since all they had to do was to wait for a train with a vacant seat. 1931 J. Galsworthy Maid in Waiting vii. 55 The only..difference..between Parties is that one Party sits in the National 'Bus, and the other Party strap-hangs. 1937 W. H. Auden in W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. from Iceland v. 55 The bowler hat who straphangs in the tube. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 237/4 Miss Charles straphangs from fashion on a journey whose destination does not interest her. 1974 ‘K. Royce’ Trap Spider viii. 141 I still wonder what happened to her; it's not usually a happy ending with girls who strap-hang with rats like Laurie Yates. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 100/1 In the Europe Supermarket in Old Brompton Road, or strap-hanging in the tube from Gloucester Road, astonishingly you meet more people you know. Derivatives ˈstrap-hanging n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > fact of being a standing passenger strap-hanging1919 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > types of passenger short1785 bus riding1885 fare-free1893 strap-hanging1919 fare-paying1928 pre-boarded1976 1919 Electrician LXXXII. 497/2 The somewhat elaborate provision made for ‘strap hanging’. 1920 Cycling 5 Feb. p. i (advt.) The strap-hanging problem is easily solved by the satisfied owner of a Rudge-Whitworth. 1928 Daily Express 22 Dec. 7/2 (heading) Straphanging rule dispute. 1945 News Rev. 10 May 14 Keynoting the surface atmosphere, a Daily Express cartoon showed strap-hanging travellers reading splash-headlined newspapers. 1957 L. Durrell Justine i. 53 Here, where the general impression of British culture suggested parsimony, indigence, intellectual strap~hanging—here I would pass the evening alone. 1972 ‘C. Fremlin’ Appointment with Yesterday i. 8 Every strap~hanging commuter in London. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1908
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