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deadhead
noun- a person who rides free on a railway, bus or aeroplane, usually because of their employment with the carrier US, 1841
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 261, 1946
- The only other people on the plane were a half dozen or so off-duty pilots: “deadheads” as they say in the business. — Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine, p. 137, 7 July 1986
- a boring person US, 1907
- — Newsweek, p. 28, 8 October 1951
- “But can you see me doing my top yak routines on the boat for deadheads?” — Stephen Longstreet, The Flesh Peddlers, p. 214, 1962
- — Helen Dahlskog (Editor), A Dictionary of Contemporary and Colloquial Usage, p. 18, 1972
- “I’m booking and shylocking and working all kinds of scams, but I’m cutting the money with a bunch of fucking deadheads.” — Ovid Demaris, The Last Mafioso, p. 124, 1981
- a non-playing observer of gambling US
- — John Scarne, Scarne on Dice, p. 465, 1974
- a person given a ticket or tickets for having performed minor services in a theatrical production US
- — Sherman Louis Sergel, The Language of Show Biz, p. 69, 1973
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