lead swingerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

lead +‎ swinger

• A pre-First World War nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, later adopted by Canadian soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties.

名詞

leadswinger (複数形 leadswingers)

1. Alternative form of lead swinger
   • 2011, Charles Townshend, Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia, Cambridge, M.A.: Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 302:

     Aside from the problem that some were 'old crocks' and some leadswingers, there was the entirely avoidable problem caused by failure to acclimatise the drafts.

   • 2013, Nicola White, In the Rosary Garden, Glasgow: Cargo Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:

     Murphy was not Swan's first choice of partner for a case like this, or any case. But he was the only other Murder Squad detective available, since all the rest were up in Dundalk for a double shooting. TP was not only a leadswinger and a slipstreamer, he looked like a right throwback too, with those sideburns and aviator specs, not to mention the wide tie just hiding the gaps between his strained shirt buttons.