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cinder dick
[ sin-der dik ]
noun
Slang: Older Use.
- a railroad police detective:
I knew that cinder dick was tailing me, so I ducked between two trains and hopped on the next freight car leaving the yard.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cinder dick1
First recorded in 1920鈥25; so called from cinders of coal-burning locomotives + dick ( def ) (in the sense 鈥渄etective鈥)
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