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hobo
[ hoh-boh ]
noun
plural hobos, hoboes.
- a tramp or vagrant.
- a migratory worker.
hobo
/ ˈəʊəʊ /
noun
- a tramp; vagrant
- a migratory worker, esp an unskilled labourer
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Derived Forms
- ˈDzǾ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- b· noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hobo1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; origin uncertain
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hobo1
C19 (US): origin unknown
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When you think about the folk era, when it was really hot — burning hot — it was hobos on freighters writing songs about social injustice.
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The network once demanded that they change the line “that albino stole my midget” to “that madman stole my hobo.”
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Yes, it wasn't a boy; it was a little girl, but I couldn't tell because she was dressed like a hobo.
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A hobo could crawl up her steps and faint from hunger and she wouldn’t give him a dime.
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The trilogy includes “The Areas of My Expertise,” a book that contains, among other things, a list of 700 hobo names.
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