hobo
- a tramp or vagrant.
- a migratory worker.
Origin of hobo
Related Words for hobo
tramp, wanderer, drifter, beggar, vagrant, transient, wino, bum, vagabond, derelictExamples from the Web for hobo
Historical Examples of hobo
The point is that not one of the eight was really Hobo Harry.
A Woman at BayNicholas Carter
I had been readin' the papers, and I had seen a lot about Hobo Harry in 'em.
A Woman at BayNicholas Carter
They think only that she is Hobo Harry's wife, or sister, or sweetheart, or something like that.
A Woman at BayNicholas Carter
Hobo miners, the most expert of their craft, and begging their grub on the trail!
Silver and GoldDane Coolidge
Hobo keenly felt the responsibility of the family he had adopted.
Peggy Raymond's VacationHarriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith
hobo
- a tramp; vagrant
- a migratory worker, esp an unskilled labourer
Word Origin for hobo
Word Origin and History for hobo
1889, Western U.S., of unknown origin. Barnhart compares early 19c. English dialectal hawbuck "lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin." Or possibly from ho, boy, a workers' call on late 19c. western U.S. railroads. Facetious formation hobohemia, "community or life of hobos," is from 1923 (see bohemian).