单词 | cinder dick |
释义 | cinder dick[ sin-der dik ] / ˈsɪn dər ˌdɪk / noun Slang: Older Use.a railroad police detective: I knew that cinder dick was tailing me, so I ducked between two trains and hopped on the next freight car leaving the yard. Origin of cinder dickFirst recorded in 1920–25; so called from cinders of coal-burning locomotives + dick (in the sense “detective”) Words nearby cinder dickcincture, cinder, cinder block, cinder concrete, cinder cone, cinder dick, Cinderella, cinder patch, cinder track, Cindy, cine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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