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Deadhead   /dˈɛdhˌɛd/   Listen
Deadhead

noun
1.
A nonenterprising person who is not paying his way.
2.
A train or bus or taxi traveling empty.





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"Deadhead" Quotes from Famous Books



... I told him that I wanted his company to give me credit for half the money I had saved them on this book hauling business on the day of settlement. I also told him that I had promised to "deadhead" ex-Governor Harney and family (consisting at that time of wife and one child, a daughter fifteen years old) to the states and when they arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, he was to see that they got a pass over the road to New York City. Barnum wheezed out a little ...
— The Second William Penn - A true account of incidents that happened along the - old Santa Fe Trail • William H. Ryus


Words linked to "Deadhead" :   nonworker, public transport


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