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To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.
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Hobo — is a term that refers to a subculture of wandering homeless people, [cite web | authorlink = Answers.com | title = hobo. | work = The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company |… … Wikipedia
Hobo — Bandera … Wikipedia Español
hobo — n. m. (Québec) Vieilli Vagabond qui fait de petits travaux ponctuels pour subsister. Avoir l air d un vrai hobo. Clochard. (V. robineux.) … Encyclopédie Universelle
hobo — (de or. caribe) m. Jobo (árbol anacardiáceo). * * * hobo. (Voz caribe). m. Ant. jobo … Enciclopedia Universal
hobo — ☆ hobo [hō′bō ] n. pl. hobos or hoboes [< ?] 1. a migratory worker: so used by such workers themselves 2. a vagrant; tramp vi. to travel in the manner of a hobo SYN. VAGRANT … English World dictionary
Hobo — Ho bo, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain origin.] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] {Ho bo*ism}, n. Syn: tramp, bum. [Webster… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hobo — 1889, Western U.S., of unknown origin. Barnhart compares early 19c. English dialectal hawbuck lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin. Or possibly from ho, boy, a workers call on late 19c. western U.S. railroads. Facetious formation hobohemia,… … Etymology dictionary
hobo — n tramp, vagrant, *vagabond, truant, bum … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hobo — [n] homeless person beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, migrant worker, street person, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wino; concepts 412,423 … New thesaurus
hobo — (Voz caribe). m. Ant. jobo … Diccionario de la lengua española
hobo — ► NOUN (pl. hoboes or hobos) N. Amer. ▪ a vagrant. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary