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
They went on a mile or two and realized in so doing that, however poor a trapper the enemy might be, he was a good tramper and knew the country.
From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson
And then to be mistaken for an infantry tramper!
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
It was summarised by the Edinburgh Review at the time as 'a hotch-potch of the jockey, tramper, philologist, and missionary.'
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King
He is a quiet neighbour—no slammer or tramper.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
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