| 单词 | to scale a train or tram |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scale a train or tram c. Australian and New Zealand slang. To defraud or cheat (someone), to steal (something). In to scale a train or tram, to ride without paying on public transport; also intransitive. ΚΠ 1916 A. Wright Under Cloud 32 ‘How'd that happen,’ asks Bill Odzon. ‘Didn't think anyone could scale you.’ 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang vii. 62 When we are taken down financially we are scaled. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 103 A steel jockey is a tramp who scales a train or rides without paying. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 106 One can get scaled, in the sense of being done down, when overcharged for goods. 1953 ‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid xiv. 132 Better..than for them to be getting about the streets with snotty noses, and scaling trams. 1953 D. Cusack Southern Steel 3 Bumping in on the back of the old steam trams, too often scaling on the footboards because he hadn't the money to pay the penny fare. < as lemmas |
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