hobo jungle

hobo jungle
collectively, the places where homeless people live and sleep

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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

  • Jungle — usually refers to a dense forest in a hot climate, such as a tropical rainforest. The word Jungle originates from the Sanskrit word Jangala which means a desert or uncultivated land [http://www.answers.com/topic/jungle?cat=technology] . The term… …   Wikipedia

  • Hobo News — Cover of the Hobo News in the late 1910s Hobo News was an early 20th century newspaper for homeless migrant workers (hobos). It was published in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cincinnati, Ohio,[1] …   Wikipedia

  • jungle — jungled, adj. /jung geuhl/, n. 1. a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, esp. tropical vegetation or a tropical rain forest. 2. a tract of such land. 3. a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy,… …   Universalium

  • jungle — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Hindi jaṅgal & Urdu jangal forest, from Sanskrit jaṅgala desert region Date: 1776 1. a. an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation b. a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • jungle — jun•gle [[t]ˈdʒʌŋ gəl[/t]] n. 1) ecl wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, esp. tropical vegetation 2) a tract of such land 3) any confused mass or agglomeration of objects; jumble 4) something that baffles or… …   From formal English to slang

  • hobo camp — noun a place where hoboes camp • Syn: ↑jungle • Hypernyms: ↑camp …   Useful english dictionary

  • National Hobo Convention — The National Hobo Convention is held on the second weekend of every August[1] in the town of Britt, Iowa, organized by the local Chamber of Commerce, and known throughout the town as the annual Hobo Days celebration. The National Hobo Convention… …   Wikipedia

  • The Jungle — Infobox Book | name = The Jungle image caption = author = Upton Sinclair country = United States language = English genre = Political fiction publisher = Doubleday, Jabber Company release date = February 28, 1906 media type = Print (Hardcover)… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Sonic the Hedgehog comic book characters — This article lists the fictional characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. Contents 1 Cast creation and influence 2 Main characters 2.1 Antoine D Coolette 2.2 …   Wikipedia

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