straphanger
Example Sentences
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As if riding the subway, the students did a straphanger bounce.
From New York Times
Like a true aesthetic straphanger, Jenkins has long traversed the interstitial, inconvenient parts of the city.
From New York Times
Crimes in the subway system have skyrocketed this year amid a series of violent attacks on straphangers.
From Fox News
It was the latest in a string of vicious assaults on straphangers.
From Fox News
Photographs appeared to show straphangers brazenly jumping over the turnstiles instead of paying their fares, and sprawled out inside the subway car.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
