The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90548 Message #1717588
Posted By: Kaleea
13-Apr-06 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hobos, Bums and Tramps
Subject: RE: BS: Hobos, Bums and Tramps
Golly gee willikers! (I know, I should be censored for bad words) I really am cornfused, now.
From dictionary.com:
hobo
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.
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bum
n. Chiefly British Slang
The buttocks.
bum
n.
1. A tramp; a vagrant.
2. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
3. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person: The batter called the pitcher a bum.
4. One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: a beach bum.
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tramp
n.
1.
1. A heavy footfall.
2. The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.
2. A walking trip; a hike.
3. One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.
4.
1. A prostitute.
2. A person regarded as promiscuous.
5. Nautical. A tramp steamer.
6. A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.