English Dictionary

Brixton shuffle

名詞

イギリス英語 複数形なし 俗語

(UK, slang) A shuffling style of walking associated with former prisoners.

日本語の意味

（UKスラング）元刑務所囚人に関連する、ふらつくような歩行スタイル

He walked through the market with a Brixton shuffle, drawing wary glances from passersby.

彼は市場を、元受刑者に見られるような足を引きずる歩き方で歩き、通行人の不審な視線を集めた。

意味（1）

(UK, slang) A shuffling style of walking associated with former prisoners.

[…] bearing unmistakably that scrubbed, carbolic look which is the hallmark of people who have lived in institutions. This institutional aura is as easy to detect as is the Brixton shuffle which characterises the gait of a man who has been 'inside'.