薩さつ摩まの守かみ

noun

fare dodging; riding without paying

A slang expression from the Edo period, based on a pun: 薩摩の守 (Satsuma no Kami, a title) sounds like さつまのかみ (Satsuma no kami), which can be interpreted as 'not paying' (from さつま, a dialect word for 'free', and かみ, 'biting' or 'cheating'). Used humorously for traveling without paying a fare.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、薩さつ摩まの守かみという言こと葉ばが無む賃ちん乗じょう車しゃを指さす隠いん語ごとして使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, the word 薩摩の守 was used as slang for fare dodging.