| 单词 | ridge runner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasridge runner ridge runner n. U.S. slang (a) a horse ridden in mountainous regions (rare); (b) a person from a remote mountain area, regarded as unsophisticated or uncouth, a hillbilly; (in later use esp.) one who transports liquor illegally; = moonshiner n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] white mana1398 Christian1622 European1666 white-face1684 long knife1784 buckra1794 sahib1796 white-skin1803 whitey1811 Pakeha1817 papalagi1817 paleface1823 whitefellow1826 Abelungu1836 haole1843 gringo1849 lightiea1855 umlungu1859 mzungu1860 heaven-burster1861 ladino1877 mooniasc1880 Conchy Joe1888 béké1889 ofay1899 ridge runner1904 Ngati Pakeha1905 kelch1912 pink1913 leucoderm1924 fay1927 Mr Charlie1928 pinkie1935 devil1938 wonk1938 oaf1941 grey1943 paddy1945 Caucasoid1956 Jumble1957 Caucasian1958 white boy1958 pinko-grey1964 honky1967 toubab1976 palagi1977 the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > mountain or prairie farmer ridge runner1904 stubble-jumper1946 1904 Indiana (Pa.) Democrat 14 Dec. So next morning he tells Tony and me to mount our ridge runner, for he wanted us to ride the river bottom and get that bunch of broom-tails. 1916 J. L. B. Taylor Handbk. Rangers & Woodsmen 398 Ridge runner, a mountaineer. 1927 Dial. Notes 5 476 Ridge runner, a derisive term for the mountaineer, as contrasted with the valley farmer. Implies ignorance or stupidity. 1947 A. M. Trout Greetings from Old Kentucky 9 While strolling through the woods one day with my friend, Bill Curry, a ridge runner from London, in Laurel County, we came upon a large bunch of hogs. a1979 B. D'J. Pancake Stories (1983) 139 But the best fun came when a Cabell County deputy was on his way to summons some ridge runner to court for not sharing his liquor revenues with the state. 2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money i. 30 The ridgerunners built faster and faster cars..and pretty soon the woody piedmont was full of..corn likker. < as lemmas |
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