jump the rattler en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Australia, slang) To travel on a train without paying the fare.
Four times he jumped the rattler, his knuckles bleeding from punching walls.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 269:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jumping the rattler | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jumps the rattler | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| jumped the rattler | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jumped the rattler | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| jump a rattler | alternative | lexicographic |