英语词汇“gandy dancer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

gandy dancer

释义

gandy dancer slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈgændɪ ˈdɑːnsə(r), ˈdæns-|
[Orig. uncertain.]
A railroad maintenance-worker or section-hand. Hence gandy dancing.
1923N. Anderson Hobo vi. 93 A ‘gandy dancer’ is a man who works on the railroad track tamping ties.1929Amer. Speech V. 172 Gandy dancing is not considered a very honorable profession.1933Ibid. VIII. 26/2 Gandy dancer, section hand. (From the rhythmic up-and-down motion of workers pumping a handcar.)1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) iii. vi. 215 Working in a railroad gandy-dancing cookshack.1959J. Thurber Years with Ross iv. 63 They discussed the parlance of railroading—deadhead, highball, whistle stop, gandy dancer.1970F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk 35 Footplatemen have a great regard for gandy dancers, the men who keep the rail safe for the train to run over.

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