| 单词 | to ride the blind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride the blind (also blinds) (d) to ride the blind (also blinds): to travel by train in a blind baggage car (see blind adj. 11d), or occasionally in the covered spaces between cars, to avoid paying a fare; (more broadly) to travel by train without paying a fare. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [verb (intransitive)] > without paying fare to ride the rails1890 to ride the rods1900 to ride the blind (also blinds)1906 1906 Dial. Notes 3 153 Ride (the) blind, v. phr., to steal a ride on a blind baggage car or on a railway train. ‘I've spent all my money; I'll have to ride the blind back.’ 1924 C. Smith Freight Train Blues (song) in M. Taft Talkin' to Myself (2005) 540 Going to leave this town: because my man is so unkind... I asked the brakeman: let me ride the blinds. 1936 R. Johnson Walkin' Blues (transcript of song) in M. Taft Talkin' to Myself (2005) 323 Well I got up this morning : all I had was gone... Leaving this morning : I have to ride the blinds. 1950 A. Lomax Mister Jelly Roll 172 I..was ashamed to wire for money. So I decided to hobo..and, when the train pulled out the Denver station, I was riding the blinds. 1970 L. De Caux Labor Radical 71 My partners wanted to ride the blinds the rest of the way. I pointed to empty boxcars on a freight. 2007 D. Brown Train Jumper 23 ‘Rode the blinds behind a four-six-four pulling the Crow Flyer down in Arkansas. Stupidest stunt I ever pulled,’ a hobo joked. < as lemmas |
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