单词 | pillionaire |
释义 | pillionairen. colloquial and humorous. A person (esp. a woman) who rides on the pillion of a motorcycle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > motorcycling > [noun] > motorcyclist > rider on pillion pillionaire1922 pillionist1923 1922 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 30 Apr. 8/4 The girls who ride behind motor cycles are not to be interfered with by proposed new legislation. The Government is evidently susceptible to the influence of the pillionaires. 1931 Newark (Notts.) Advertiser 26 Aug. 7/2 ‘What is a proper pillion seat?’ was the question for the wisdom of the Bench at Newark Borough Police Court. Apparently it is a seat occupied by a pillionaire. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 630/1 Pillionaire, a female occupant of a ‘peach-perch’ or ‘flapper-bracket’. 1997 Daily Record (Nexis) 10 June 1 Fast lady Isabella Hughes became an instant pillionaire after she and husband Brian landed a lotto jackpot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922 |
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