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hobo

[ hoh-boh ]

noun

plural hobos, hoboes.
  1. a tramp or vagrant.
  2. a migratory worker.


hobo

/ ˈəʊəʊ /

noun

  1. a tramp; vagrant
  2. a migratory worker, esp an unskilled labourer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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