hobo
hobo
Definition
☆ hobo (hō′bō)
noun pl. -·bos or -·boes
- a migratory worker: so used by such workers themselves
- a vagrant; tramp
Etymology: < ?
intransitive verb
to travel in the manner of a hobo
hobo
Synonyms
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.
Browse dictionary entries near hobo
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