Underground Railway when a lady complained that a straphanger was standing on her foot. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920] Reference
The video, which went viral Monday, was captured by a straphanger Friday at the 181st Street Station in Washington Heights. From Wordnik.com. [Long Ride at 181st Street] Reference
To make a 30-day pass more cost-effective than a pay-per-ride card, a straphanger now needs to use it at least 50 times a month. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Fares, Tolls Kick In] Reference
This situation is clearly less than ideal for elected officials, terrible for a city's environmental footprint, and worst of all for the everyday straphanger or bus rider who is already struggling to make ends meet. From Wordnik.com. [David Abrutyn: How A Name Can Help Transit's Game] Reference
A NYC straphanger films a man fighting a feathered fighter. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference
Or so a straphanger on the peak-hour sardine service would take her to have meant. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Most people read magazines or chatted with their companions like any other straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [Long Island Press] Reference
A Jersey City man was arrested after he stabbed a straphanger on a subway train in Howard. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
• A thug swiped an iPhone from a 36-year-old straphanger on a Manhattan-bound C train on. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
The January 1981 straphanger revolt was the product of an epidemic of poor service underground. From Wordnik.com. [City Limits - News] Reference
During the ride, she tried peddling vials of perfume to a female straphanger, who turned her down. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
But as a devoted straphanger, I can say that feet-on-seats is as nasty to see at 2 p.m. as it is in the wee hours. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
A straphanger was robbed of his phone as he waited for a bus at the corner of Lorimer and Boerum streets last week. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
Wolfson noted this was a far cry from the 56 cents per subway ride the city provides in subsidies for each straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [No Land Grab] Reference
A straphanger waiting for the F train at the Fourth Avenue station was thrown against a wall and robbed last week, police said. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
Out of the Box Thinking: (1) Spring Airlines of China announced it's considering selling straphanger tickets so it can cram 40% more customers onto flights. From Wordnik.com. [News of the Weird] Reference
The following afternoon, another thief ripped an iPhone from the grasp of a 39-year-old straphanger on a Manhattan-bound #2 train rumbling toward the Bergen Avenue station. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
Despite the sunny headlines trumpeting the likely end of this year's student straphanger saga, in reality Albany didn't give a dollar in new funding to transit, and while student. From Wordnik.com. [Streetsblog All Posts] Reference
The store is full of so many items and so many shoppers that getting into the elevator requires a lot of cooperation (those doors close fast!) and the mindset of a straphanger at rush hour. From Wordnik.com. [Gothamist] Reference
The seething straphanger who slashed a subway rider to death in front of petrified passengers was unprovoked and belligerent from the moment he stepped on the train, witnesses and authorities said yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
The Corcoran listing, with Rolls-Royce straphanger Sharon Baum and David. From Wordnik.com. [All Stories | The New York Observer] Reference
(assuming the plans are to schedule, at least), so you're probably not a rush hour straphanger just yet. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The thought of squeezing into some sweaty straphanger’s armpit was as appetizing as a mug of hot-dog water, so she waited for the next one. From Wordnik.com. [Georgia’s Kitchen] Reference
And hopefully it works, "said another straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [NY1 - Top Stories] Reference
If they're not there, we can't get help, "said one straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - NY1.com] Reference
It's really a lot of hassle, "said one disgruntled straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com] Reference
I wish they were down here, "said straphanger Ellen Brennanen Hearn. From Wordnik.com. [ Traffic - WCBSTV.com] Reference
It's so irritating, "said Pamela D'Oleo, 19, a Bronx straphanger on the D line. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
It would be nice to have more trains for people to get around as opposed to less, "said one straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [NY1 - Top Stories] Reference
But even the weariest straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14] Reference
"I think it's great," said one straphanger. From Wordnik.com. [NY1 - Top Stories] Reference
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