| 单词 | stoppo car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstoppo car 2. Criminals' slang. An escape, a get-away, esp. in phrase to take stoppo, to make a rapid escape in order to avoid detection. Frequently attributive, with reference to rapid escape by car, in stoppo car, stoppo driver, stoppo man. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > as thieves or criminals to take stoppo1935 to cop out1942 to do a runner1980 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > as thieves getaway1849 get1897 mope1926 stoppo1974 1935 ‘G. Ingram’ Cockney Cavalcade v. 78 ‘I took stop-o.’ In other words, ran away from the police. 1949 E. Partridge Dict. Underworld 712/1 Take stoppo, to be obliged to run away... To take heed when the look-out cries ‘Stop!’ 1974 Listener 7 Nov. 595/3 Boys who are going to be stoppo drivers—driving stolen escape cars. 1975 M. Kenyon Mr Big xx. 192 Walk, then, to the stoppo car... And wait... Till Slicker comes. 1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxxv. 279 Dobson..held the clutch down, took off the hand brake and let his toe press gently on the accelerator... ‘It's a stoppo man's take-off,’ the instructor said. < as lemmas |
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