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hobo ()

noun pl. -·bos or -·boes

  1. a migratory worker: so used by such workers themselves
  2. a vagrant; tramp

Etymology: < ?

intransitive verb

to travel in the manner of a hobo

hobo Synonyms

hobo

n.

tramp, vagrant, vagabond, wanderer; see beggar 1, tramp 1. See syn. study at tramp.

hobo Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • little: And, never forgetting 'Peter ' , the littlest hobo of Portugal, our part time companion.
  • cosmic: Cosmic hobo -- that's my idea of the Doctor.
  • female: I specifically want to examine what the growing body of scholarship on the male hobo means for the, often neglected, female hobo.
  • old: In an instant one psychedelic traveler meets the gentle swagger of an old hobo going the other way.

Modifies a noun

  • sign: The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
  • jungle: Dempsey lived the American Dream, rising from the hobo jungles to the greatest prize in sport.
  • song: WE ARE NOT STRANGERS is a kind of hobo song, done to a calypso or reggae beat.
  • spider: Hobo spiders move into houses about this time every year.

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