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Definition of Joyrider
1. one that joyrides [n -S] - See also: joyrides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyrider
Literary usage of Joyrider
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
".Judge Dike remarked that the next joyrider who was brought before him would be
sentenced to Sing Sing—Id., June 13. Juba. A negro dance accompanied with ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"joyrider in Demurrer. " Aud the said Alexander Kinloch likewise." The Prisoner's
Counsel admitted, that his case is within the letter of the act of the last ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet by Roberts Vaux, Anthony Benezet (1817)
"It is not more astonishing than lamentable, that any of the descendants of PENN,
the wise and benevolent joyrider; should allow of such devia- ..."
4. My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer (1917)
"One day the one-armed pilot was up with a " joyrider "; that is, an officer who
was not a regular aerial observer but was sight-seeing. ..."
5. My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer (1917)
"One day the one-armed pilot was up with a " joyrider"; that is, an officer who
was not a regular aerial observer but was sight-seeing. ..."
6. Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries by Lois Whitman (1992)
"... with a placard around their necks saying, "I am a hood," or "I am a joyrider."
It's the softest option the Provos can take — public shaming. ..."
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