| 单词 | train robber |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrain robber train robber n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > of train train robber1867 1867 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 24 Jan. The train robbers who subsequently killed Harvey King, one of the band, have been sentenced to be hanged. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 257 An institution..implacable in its pursuit of train robbers, highwaymen, and others that raid the precious things the business community intrust to it. 1960 L. I. Perrigo Our Spanish Southwest xvi. 312/1 Passengers on trains in the northeastern part of the territory were boldly held up time and again until a conductor shot and wounded the train robber, ‘Black Jack’ Ketchum. 2004 B. Dylan Chronicles I. iv. 189 There were a lot of bank robbers back then, a lot of jail breakers—a lot of holdup men, train robbers. < as lemmas |
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