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ho·bo  (hb)
n. pl. ho·boes or ho·bos
1. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.
2. A migrant worker.
intr.v. ho·boed, ho·bo·ing, ho·boes
To live or wander like a vagrant.

[Origin unknown.]

hobo·ism n.

hobo [ˈhəʊbəʊ]
n pl -bos, -boes Chiefly US and Canadian
1. a tramp; vagrant
2. a migratory worker, esp an unskilled labourer
[C19 (US): origin unknown]
hoboism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hobohobo - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
dosser, street person - someone who sleeps in any convenient place
drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
Translations
hobo [ˈhəʊbəʊ] N (hobo(e)s (pl)) (US) → vagabundo/a m/f

hobo [ˈhəʊbəʊ] n (US)vagabond m

hobo
n (US)
(= tramp)Penner m (inf)
(= worker)Wanderarbeiter m

hobo [ˈhəʊbəʊ] n (Am) → vagabondo
hobo [ˈhəʊbəʊ] n (Am) → vagabondo

hobo
n hobo [ˈhəubəu]
(American) a tramp. rondloper, boemelaar المُتَشَرِّد безделник tramp vagabond der Landstreicher αλήτης vagabundo hulkur كارگر دوره گرد kulkuri vagabond נָוַוד, חֲסַר בַּית एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पर मजदूरी करने वाला मजदूर skitnica csavargó gelandangan umrenningur vagabondo 浮浪者 부장자 valkata, keliaujantis sezoninis darbininkas klaidonis gelandangan zwerver landstryker, bums, lassis włóczęga vagabundo vagabond бродяга tramp potepuh skitnica vagabond, luffare คนจรจัด aylak/avare kimse (美國)遊民 бродяга آوارہ گرد kẻ lang thang


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And I was also honored with sixty days in the Hobo.
This was a hobo jungle, pitched in a thin strip of woods that lay between a railroad embankment and the bank of a river.
Martin dispensed royal largess, inviting everybody up, farm-hands, a stableman, and the gardener's assistant from the hotel, the barkeeper, and the furtive hobo who slid in like a shadow and like a shadow hovered at the end of the bar.
 
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