单词 | railway bull |
释义 | > as lemmasrailway bull railway bull n. North American slang = railroad bull n. at railroad n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > on railways railroad bull1897 railway bull1957 1957 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 7 Apr. a2/5 (heading) Famed sleuth asks railway ‘bulls’ to aid. 1992 I. Howard Struggle for Social Justice in Brit. Columbia viii. 170 They escaped being picked up by the railway ‘bulls’ or police until Red Deer, Alberta, where they spent the night in jail. < as lemmas |
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