drainbowとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Drainbow (複数形 Drainbows)

1. (slang) A person who benefits from a Rainbow Gathering without doing their share of labour.
   • 1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, University of Tennessee Press (2003), →ISBN, page 90:

     To come to a Gathering and not work, to be a Drainbow, is to miss the point of the Gathering.

   • 2002, Lawrence McGuire, The Gathering at Big Sur, Virtualbookworm.com (2002), →ISBN, page 82:

     He jogs and catches up with Burley Bear while Skip, not daring to return to the tipi, shouts "Drainbows!" at their back.

   • 2003, Richard Grant, Ghost Riders, Hachette (2003), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     You will be outfitted from a pile of donated clothes and gear, fed at the free kitchens, and unless you are a complete Drainbow you will gladly give some free labour in return.