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strap-hanger
noun- a passenger on public transport who stands supported by an overhead strap (or other type of grip) UK, 1905
- [D]ormitory towns inhabited by commuting “strap-hangers”. — Stephen Inwood and Roy Porter, A History of London, p. 818, 2000
- a member of the armed forces, stationed well away from combat, accompanying troops into the field without having a specific role to play US, 1986
- Half a dozen straphangers, including a chaplain, climb up the ramp and take the seats nearest the door. — Donald Duncan, The New Legions, p. 146, 1967
- — Department of the Army, Staff Officer’s Guidebook, p. 66, 1986
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 210, 1991
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