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Public transportation patron
Answer for the clue "Public transportation patron ", 11 letters:
straphanger
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Word definitions for straphanger in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a commuter who uses public transportation a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Straphanger may mean: (specifically) a standing passenger on a subway or bus (more generally) a commuter who uses public transportation The Straphangers Campaign , a New York City-based transit interest group A film made in 1922 called The Straphanger . ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person who travels using public transportation (often standing up and holding on to a strap).
Usage examples of straphanger.
Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.
The Metro was packed before it left its first station, and the straphangers knew mere would be no relief until it clattered its way to Center Square, only twenty miles away.
York straphangers know that there are two subway entrances at Twenty-third Street.
They all moved forward, swaying from side to side like straphangers on a rocking Underground train as the tractor slid and dragged under the impact of the wind.
Ambassador Straphanger said, forking another generous helping of Hoogan chow mein onto his plate.
Then, as the train entered a straight-away, the interior lights would come on again and she would become aware once again of the acrid smell, the jostling of nearby straphangers, the miniature television surveillance cameras (locked in protective cages and subsequently spray-painted blind), the stylized multicolored map showing the complete underground transportation system of the City of New York, and the high-frequency screech of the brakes as they pulled into the stations.
What a glorious end-of-day tonic for clock watchers, straphangers, and freeway slaves.