Straphanger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Straphanger is a noun meaning A person who travels using public transportation (often standing up and holding on to a strap).
Meaning
A person who travels using public transportation (often standing up and holding on to a strap).
Example Sentences
For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.
The number of elevators has grown significantly since 1990, when the Americans With Disabilities Act set off a transformation of the aging transit system. For the disabled, the changes promised to open doors, while thousands of other straphangers—parents with strollers, older travelers—expected a small dose of convenience in a wearying city.
Word Forms
- straphangers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rider, strapper, straddler, trainhopper, hitchhiker, backpacker.
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