| 单词 | lollipop sign |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslollipop sign C2. lollipop woman, lollipop man, etc.: a person using a circular sign on a pole to stop traffic so that children may cross the road. lollipop sign,etc.: such a pole. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > person who controls traffic > children's traffic patrol person lollipop man1959 lollipop woman1959 lollipop1969 1959 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 28 Mar. 5/6 These old people, commonly called ‘lollipop men’,..do a good job. 1960 S. Potter Lang. in Mod. World iv. 49 The traffic warden (or lollipop-man as the children affectionately call him) in his white overall makes himself prominent by raising his red disk on high: ‘Stop, children crossing.’ 1969 Sunday Times 9 Mar. 5 Top-hatted they stream from the school, one boy picks up the lollipop sign—which is hidden in a bush—and traffic is brought to a halt. 1971 Daily Tel. 27 July 13/1 (heading) Drivers must stop for lollipop men. 1971 Daily Tel. 27 July 13/1 Drivers stopped at school crossings by lollipop patrols must not proceed until the ‘Stop, children crossing’ sign has been taken away. 1972 Sat. Titbits 21 Oct. 20/1 Outside the school a ‘lollipop lady’ was holding up the traffic. 1972 Times 16 Dec. 12/2 We were on the lollipop patrol escorting the kids when they all scattered. 1973 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 9/4 They watch the children in and out of school, something which on the mainland is done by a single elderly man with a ‘lollipop stick’. < as lemmas |
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