staffride, verb intransitive

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See staffrider.
slang
to ride staff, see staff.
[1962 W.S. Manqupu in Star 22 Feb. 14[In the argot of the townships] ‘staff’ means to board a train in motion.]
1979 Daily Dispatch 10 Feb. 6For many it is a way of life..to staffride between Soweto and Johannesburg. For too many the bravado ends in death.
to ride staff, see staff.
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