hobo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
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Definition of hobo
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Canada, US)A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
“He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.”
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noun
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(Canada, US)A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
“He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.”
- (Canada, US)Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
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A kind of large handbag.
“Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos.”
verb
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(intransitive)To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
“Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).
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