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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 dick

First recorded in 1920–25; so called from cinders of coal-burning locomotives + dick (in the sense “detective”)

Words nearby cinder dick

cincture, cinder, cinder block, cinder concrete, cinder cone, cinder dick, Cinderella, cinder patch, cinder track, Cindy, cine
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