"Drainbow" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Drainbow.ogg [Australia] 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

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, University of Tennessee Press, published 2003, 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, page 82",
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          "ref": "2003, Richard Grant, Ghost Riders, Hachette",
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