| 单词 | to have one's hat chalked |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have one's hat chalked c. to chalk (a person's) hat, to have one's hat chalked: to allow, be allowed, free travel (as on a railway). U.S. colloquial. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [verb (transitive)] > allow to travel free of charge to chalk (a person's) hat1823 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [verb (intransitive)] > pay expenses of travel > be allowed free travel to chalk (a person's) hat1823 to have one's hat chalked1887 society > travel > rail travel > [verb (intransitive)] > free of charge to have one's hat chalked1880 1823 Quitman Let. in J. F. H. Claiborne Life & Corr. (1860) 78 I will ‘chalk your hat’ for the journey. 1880 A. A. Hayes New Colorado (1881) xi. 149 Twenty-five seedy, second-class ruffians, who proposed to travel, as they say in the West, ‘with their hats chalked’, or free. 1887 Nation (N.Y.) 21 Apr. 329/1 It would seem that all railway officers and most railway employees have their ‘hats chalked’ all over the U.S. 1928 J. W. Starr 100 Years Amer. Railroading 76 The practice out there was called ‘chalking the hat’, from the custom of the conductor in placing a white mark or ticket on the..headgear of the passenger. < as lemmas |
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