straphangern.
/ˈstraphaŋə/ slang.
A passenger who is compelled to stand and hold on by the strap in a full omnibus, compartment of a railway carriage, etc.; also figurative, one who commutes to work by public transport.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > number of passengers using specific transport > passenger commuting to work
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > number of passengers using specific transport > standing passenger
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1905 Daily News 30 Jan. 3 Mr. W. Lestocq..has espoused the cause of the long-suffering ‘straphanger’.
1905 Punch 8 Nov. 341/2 I am a Straphanger. I am one of a million swaying souls who travel underground to the vast city.
1915 W. Cather Song of Lark ii. v. 195 In the street-car..she sat staring at the waistcoat buttons of a fat strap-hanger.
1950 A. J. Deutsch in D. Knight 100 Years Sci. Fiction (1969) 169 The other seats were filled, and there were a dozen or so strap-hangers.
1981 Times 5 Aug. 10/4 Washington..commuters.. are not strap-hangers like New Yorkers, Londoners and Parisians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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