"Drainbow" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-Drainbow.ogg Forms: Drainbows [plural]
Etymology: Blend of drain + rainbow. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|drain|rainbow}} Blend of drain + rainbow Head templates: {{en-noun}} Drainbow (plural Drainbows)
  1. (slang) A person who benefits from a Rainbow Gathering without doing their share of labour. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Drainbow-en-noun-V0P6nUJ4 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, University of Tennessee Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 90:",
          "text": "To come to a Gathering and not work, to be a Drainbow, is to miss the point of the Gathering.",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Lawrence McGuire, The Gathering at Big Sur, Virtualbookworm.com, →ISBN, page 82:",
          "text": "He jogs and catches up with Burley Bear while Skip, not daring to return to the tipi, shouts \"Drainbows!\" at their back.",
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          "ref": "2003, Richard Grant, Ghost Riders, Hachette, →ISBN:",
          "text": "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.",
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