tramper
Britishnoun
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a person who tramps
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a person who walks long distances, often over rough terrain, for recreation
Example Sentences
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Mr. Booth, the driver from Dover, is a so-called tramper — he picks up and drops off construction materials across long distances.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021
Ordinarily the woodcock is a very dull, stupid bird, with a look almost idiotic, and is seldom seen except by the sportsman or the tramper along marshy brooks.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John
He’s a young tramper that hired with Farmer Shepherd yesterday, a regular runaway and reprobate, just out of prison, most likely.’
From Friarswood Post Office by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
These beds change their occupants, perhaps, every night; for a tramper seldom sleeps two consecutive nights in the same place.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
She was simply a tramper, with occasional fits of localization.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
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