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Definition of Straphangers
1. straphanger [n] - See also: straphanger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straphangers
Literary usage of Straphangers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. This Giddy Globe by Oliver Herford (1919)
"A race of straphangers is developing. At certain hours of the day, they may be
seen seeking their habitations in great flocks, swinging from strap to strap ..."
2. Minutes and Testimony of the Joint Legislative Committee Appointed to by New York (State), Legislature (1916)
"A. And sanitary straphangers ? Q. Yes, sir. I mean the three devices which I
understand are manufactured by the Railway Improvement Company. ..."
3. Public Papers of Governor by New York (State). Governor (1914)
"Relief for the Suffering straphangers ALBANY, NY, January 15, 1913 Governor Sulzer
is trying to find some relief for the suffering straphangers in New York ..."
4. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"It has to be admitted that they were almost as closely crowded as straphangers
in an American street car, but even at that it was a marvel to me that a ..."
5. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"It has to be admitted that they were almost as closely crowded as straphangers
in an American street car, but even at that it was a marvel to me that a ..."
6. Lawless Wealth: The Origin of Some Great American Fortunes by Charles Edward Russell (1908)
""It is the straphangers that pay the dividends." Dividends, however, were a small
part of his profits, the most of which were made in issuing and selling ..."
7. Prussian Memories, 1864-1914 by Poultney Bigelow (1915)
"... where railway stations were necessarily few and where the aborigines (sometimes
called straphangers) exercised their prehensile faculties in boarding ..."
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