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straphanger slang.|ˈstræphæŋə(r)|
[f. strap n. + hang v. + -er.]
A passenger who is compelled to stand and hold on by the strap in a full omnibus, compartment of a railway carriage, etc.; also fig., one who commutes to work by public transport.
1905Daily News 30 Jan. 3 Mr. W. Lestocq..has espoused the cause of the long-suffering ‘straphanger’. 1905Punch 8 Nov. 341/2, I am a Straphanger. I am one of a million swaying souls who travel underground to the vast city. 1915W. Cather Song of Lark ii. v. 195 In the street-car..she sat staring at the waistcoat buttons of a fat strap-hanger. 1950A. J. Deutsch in D. Knight 100 Yrs. Sci. Fiction (1969) 169 The other seats were filled, and there were a dozen or so strap-hangers. 1981Times 5 Aug. 10/4 Washington..commuters.. are not strap-hangers like New Yorkers, Londoners and Parisians. |