| 单词 | abc railway guide |
| 释义 | > as lemmasABC railway guide 5. British. In full ABC railway guide. A comprehensive train timetable in which the stations are presented in alphabetical order. Now historical.The ABC Railway Guide was first published in 1853. It continued under this name until 1996, and is now published as the OAG Rail Guide. ΚΠ 1853 (title) A.B.C. or alphabetical railway guide. 1888 B. L. Farjeon Devlin the Barber xxv. 148 At the first book-shop I purchased an ‘ABC’, and ascertained that the next best train to Margate was the 5.15 from Victoria. 1917 W. P. Ridge Amazing Years iii. 41 I found an A.B.C. and selected a train. 1936 A. Christie ABC Murders iv. 31 A railway guide, you say. A Bradshaw—or an ABC? 1969 Jrnl. Transport Econ. & Policy 3 49 These journey times are calculated from the ABC Railway Guide for April 1951 and April 1961. 2010 G. M. Malliet Death at Alma Mater 30 Difficult to explain the thrill of technology to two people probably still wedded to their ABC railway guides. < as lemmas |
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