| 单词 | the main drag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe main drag e. A street, road; esp. in the main drag. slang (now chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] streetOE rewa1350 gate1488 gate-row1598 calle1611 drive1799 drag1851 drum1851 plate of meat1857 stem1914 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > main master streetc1385 high street1548 town-gate1570 main street1598 master way1726 the main drag1851 main drag1851 main stem1900 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 232/1 French news is generally liked in a fashionable drag. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 248/2 Another woman..whose husband has got a month for ‘griddling in the main drag’ (singing in the high street). 1905 J. London War of Classes 274 I battered on the drag and slammed back gates with them, or shivered with them in box cars and city parks. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 30 Drag, a main thoroughfare in any community; the main street... ‘The boys are pivoting on the main drag’, i.e. begging on the street. ‘The muffs are cruising on the drag tonight’, i.e. soliciting on the street. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 204 Drag, hobo term for the main street of the town, as distinguished from the main stem. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xix. 188 If he could find the main drag and jump a bus before the bogies got him, he should be able to make a clean getaway. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed v. 38 You didn't just wander in off the drag to buy coffee. 1965 J. P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono ix. 79 We drove through..the main drag of Babaki. < as lemmas |
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