gandy dancerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.

名詞

gandy dancer (複数形 gandy dancers)

1. (主に米国用法, idiomatic) A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
   • 1929, Vernon W. Saul, "The Vocabulary of Bums," American Speech, vol. 4, no. 5, p. 340:

     Gandy dancer—A section hand or track laborer.

   • 1959 May 18, "Bush Teachers," Time (retrieved 14 Sep 2008):

     The oddest gandy-dancer on the railroads in Manitoba during the summer of 1926 was a 6-ft. 4-in. American medical student named Ben Spock.

   • 1981 May 3, Edward C. Burks, "Amtrak Changes on Schedule," New York Times (retrieved 11 June 2014):

     In railroad slang, a gandy dancer is a track worker, one who lays or maintains track.

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