straphang
verb (used without object)
to travel as a straphanger.
straphanging
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present participleof straphang.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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a word derived from
straphanger.
straphangernouna passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
Example Sentences
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The 98-year-old Daily News was once a mighty voice of New York’s working class, and a familiar accessory of straphanging commuters in the great metropolis.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2017
You should run a story pointing out the woes of us taxpaying, straphanging, deficit-burdened, tail-crushed 8-to-6 slobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no straphanging: standing passengers hold on to bars.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a Copenhagen streetcar a passenger stared at a straphanging couple, suddenly bellowed: "I think it's a shame this country's future king and queen have to stand up!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Wasted on the majority of its 600,000 straphanging readers is the Evening Journal's alert financial section run by able, aggressive Leslie Gould.
From Time Magazine Archive
