NounCommon lingo
Ran-tan
[ran-tan]Railway colonies & Pan-Diaspora· Colloquial idiom for wandering or loafing about without a fixed purpose
Also spelled: on the ran-tan, rantan
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Going on an aimless stroll, gallivanting about the colony, or loafing around visiting friends when one ought to be working or studying.
“The boys have gone on the ran-tan down by the railway institute instead of sitting down to finish their algebra.”
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