straphanger
Example Sentences
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It may have looked ridiculous to other drivers, like I was imitating a subway straphanger — aping public transportation in the most private transportation there is — but I didn’t care.
From Washington Post
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
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