| 单词 | to work out of a suitcase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work out of a suitcase P15. to work out of a suitcase: to have no fixed place of work; to be an itinerant worker; (also) to have a job which requires frequent overnight travel. Cf. sense 13d, to live out of a suitcase at suitcase n. Phrases. Π 1947 San Antonio (Texas) Light 29 Dec. b1/5 Brown is disturbed over the number of itinerant tattoo artists who are plying their trade in San Antonio. He terms them ‘guys who work out of a suitcase’. 1976 New Society 12 Aug. 338/2 Sir Robert Mark's spring clean of London bookshops forced hard pornbrokers to work out of a suitcase. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 13 Mar. 31 You could work out of a suitcase. You don't need to be attached to an institution. It's rather like being a busker. 2004 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 27 June b14 Peter Greenberg has spent much of his adult life working out of a suitcase. ‘Hotels could be considered my second home,’ he says. < as lemmas |
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