[Ads-l] Straphanger (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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Cliffhangers got me to looking at straphangers

Literal sense -- a subway or bus passenger.  OED has 1905.

_Wichita [KS] Daily Eagle 7 Sep 1892 p 8 col 3 [Chronicling America]
""Seats at the other end of the car, ladies and gentlemen!"  The straphangers looked surprised."



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