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Definition of Rubbernecks
1. rubberneck [v] - See also: rubberneck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubbernecks
Literary usage of Rubbernecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural Money: The Peaceful Solution by John Raymond Cummings (1912)
"Call them "road rubbernecks" if you like. There are a lot of them and the men in
them are ... Then the rubbernecks will take the men back to their homes, ..."
2. Natural Money: The Peaceful Solution by John Raymond Cummings (1912)
"Call them "road rubbernecks" if you like. There are a lot of them and the men in
them are going out one, ... Then the rubbernecks will take the men back to ..."
3. The Bookman (1907)
""Back, rubbernecks!" when ejaculated by an American policemen is said to have an
instantaneous effect on an inquisitive but sensitive crowd. ..."
4. Within Prison Walls: Being a Narrative of Personal Experience During a Week by Thomas Mott Osborne (1914)
"I suspect it to be the same party of rubbernecks the Warden conducted through
the shop this afternoon—including my friends. They are evidently waiting for ..."
5. Around the Capital with Uncle Hank: Recorded Together with Many Pictures by Thomas Fleming (1902)
"Harry told Uncle Hank that they were known as "Congressional rubbernecks."
"Et's a free show, Harry, an' ye can't blame 'em, ..."
6. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"Longest elevator ride in the world an' seein' New York at a glance all thrown
into one, without no packed box of rubbernecks on spools and a young gent yel- ..."
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