| 释义 |
smogger|ˈsmɒgə(r)|
[Origin unknown.]
(See quots.).
1958F. Jennings Men of Lanes 217 Veteran tramps have their road-sign language, by which they communicate with each other... Vagabonds call it ‘smogger’, and it is said to have been introduced into England by gipsies in the time of Henry VIII. 1975Indexer IX. 131/2 Supposing, for example, you see a chalk mark (a ‘smogger’) made by a tramp on your gate-post, consisting of two large and slightly overlapping circles, you could identify this as meaning ‘tell a pathetic story’, but if the sign consisted of three small circles in a line, it would mean ‘money usually given here’. |