| 单词 | to ride the rods |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride the rods (b) North American. to ride the rods: to travel on a rod (rod n.1 6b) beneath a railway carriage, usually to avoid paying a fare; (more broadly) to travel by train, esp. without paying. 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 1900 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Rep. 20 Oct. 1/3 I concluded I would ride the rods into Ottumwa and pay my fare back to Albia. 1935 J. T. Farrell Studs Lonigan iii. xvi. 377 Or maybe lose a leg or get killed under a train, or freeze to death riding the rods in winter. 1970 M. R. Naiman in S. Terkel Hard Times 465 I made three treks to the Western states... I used to ride the rods and the blinds. 2003 Canad. Geographic July 59/1 He worked in lumber camps and on threshing crews, rode the rods and stayed in hobo jungles. < as lemmas |
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