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Drainbow
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English
Etymology
en drain rainbow.
Pronunciation
en En-au-Drainbow.ogg AU
Noun
en slang A person who benefits from a Rainbow Gathering without doing their share of labour.
en 1997 Michael I. Niman People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia https://books.google.com/books?id=iXOOiNycqRcC&pg=PA90&dq=%22drainbow%22 90 University of Tennessee Press 2003 9780870499890 To come to a Gathering and not work, to be a Drainbow, is to miss the point of the Gathering.
en 2002 Lawrence McGuire The Gathering at Big Sur https://books.google.com/books?id=lKkBhIa0WcIC&pg=PA82&dq=%22drainbows%22 82 Virtualbookworm.com 9781589393288 He jogs and catches up with Burley Bear while Skip, not daring to return to the tipi, shouts "Drainbows!" at their back.
en 2003 Richard Grant Ghost Riders https://books.google.com/books?id=gXc0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT149&dq=%22drainbow%22 Hachette 9780748127504 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.