| 单词 | town clown |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown clown town clown n. U.S. slang (now rare) (among hobos) a policeman working in a village or small town. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > town or village village constable1924 town clown1927 1927 Amer. Speech 2 387/1 The town clown's badge is called a tomato can. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route i. 20 There should always be some retreat, preferably a thicket, into which the hobos can flee, should they receive an unwelcome visit from the ‘town clown’, or the law enforcer of the community. 1964 European Stars & Stripes (Darmstadt, Germany) 1 Sept. 6/3 Other planks in his hobo party platform include ‘See to it the town clowns (small town constables) don't interfere with rubber bumming (hitchhiking)’. < as lemmas |
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