prohiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

prohi (plural prohis)

1. (US, slang) A prohibitionist; a Prohibition agent. [from 20th c.]
   • 1924, Dashiell Hammett, Nightmare Town, published 2001, page 228:

     The Prohis showed up there this morning and grabbed Lucky.

   • 2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 14:

     Hicks, making his way past a couple of prohis collecting their weekly payoff, what appear to be large cartons full of ice-cream cones, gets to the Ideal Pharmacy in the lull between lunchtime and school letting out […] .