Meaning of HOBO
| Pronunciation: | | 'howbow
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| | Definition: | | [n] a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bum, tramp |
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| | See Also: | | dosser, drifter, floater, street person, vagrant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | alien, Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, Bowery bum, budmash, bum, bummer, cadger, caitiff, case, character, crackpot, crank, derelict, devil, dogie, drifter, drunkard, eccentric, fanatic, floater, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hermit, homeless waif, human wreck, idler, kook, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, lone wolf, loner, losel, lowlife, mauvais sujet, maverick, mean wretch, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, meshuggenah, moocher, mucker, mudlark, natural, no-good, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original, outsider, panhandler, pariah, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rara avis, rounder, sad case, sad sack, schnorrer, screwball, scrounger, ski bum, skid-row bum, solitary, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, truant, turnpiker, type, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, worthless fellow, wretch, zealot |
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