Hobo Definition

hōbō
hoboes, hobos
noun
hoboes, hobos
One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.
American Heritage
A migratory worker.
Webster's New World
A vagrant; tramp.
Webster's New World
A large, crescent-shaped woman's handbag with a single shoulder strap and usually a zippered top.
American Heritage

A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To live or wander like a vagrant.
American Heritage
To travel in the manner of a hobo.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Hobo

Noun

Singular:
hobo
Plural:
hoboes, hobos

Origin of Hobo

  • Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hobo Sentence Examples

  • Hobo bags are easy to carry and hold a variety of all your girly accessories.

  • And, never forgetting 'Peter ', the littlest hobo of Portugal, our part time companion.

  • Your mother, at a time long ago, most likely had the hobo bag you've been drooling over and saving your hard earned cash for.

  • Buttery soft and broken in, hobo bags were a red hot vintage staple.

  • Today, hobo bags can cost a little or a lot.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOB

Words Ending With

OBOOBO

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hobo

Words Starting With H and Ending With O

Starts With H & Ends With OStarts With HO & Ends With OStarts With H & Ends With BO

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With H4 Letter Words Ending With O