单词 | white van man |
释义 | > as lemmasWhite Van Man White Van Man n. (also with lower-case initials) British colloquial a male driver of a (typically white) delivery or tradesperson's van, esp. when regarded as an aggressive or bad driver; (hence) a driver of such a van regarded as a social type, usually characterized as an ordinary working man with forthright views. ΚΠ 1997 Sunday Times 18 May 3/1 He is known as White Van Man and is the most feared driver on the road. 1999 Sun 14 Jan. 13 (heading) The world according to White Van Man. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 22 Nov. 19 Ask any cab driver, white-van man or parent-with-three-kids-and-shopping, and the answer will be uniformly apocalyptic. 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) xii. 125 He was driving too slowly for the white van man behind him. White van man hit the horn and Quade flashed a two-finger salute. < as lemmas |
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