| 单词 | subway alumnus |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubway alumnus subway alumnus n. U.S. slang (now chiefly historical) a supporter of a college football team who did not attend the college (usually in plural, also in extended use).Originally in reference to fans of Notre Dame, Indiana, who lived in New York City, where the team often played. [So called because they could travel to games by subway; compare Subway Series n.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > supporter quarterback1927 subway alumnus1933 1933 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 22 Jan. 8/8 New York City's ‘subway alumni’ those thousands of men and women who never set foot on a college campus but who..take their football as seriously as any ‘rah rah’ boy. 1942 Lowell (Mass.) Sun & Citizen-Leader 30 Dec. 13/7 Milt Morris, a ‘subway alumnus’ of the University of California at Los Angeles by way of Alhambra, Calif. 1962 Washington Post 5 May c1/1 The ‘subway alumni’ or the $2 bettors loved the come-from-behind colt [sc. Silky Sullivan]. 2010 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 21 Nov. 14 Notre Dame returned to the Bronx for the first time in 41 years and sent the subway alumni home happy. < as lemmas |
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