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
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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
But old Bunyan's donkey is still browzing there, and yonder is old Bunyan's self—the brawny tramper dispread on the settle, retailing to the more clownish residents tap-room wit and roadside news.
From Life of Bunyan [Works of the English Puritan divines] by James Hamilton
I used to be a good tramper on the Plains, but have been getting out of the way of it.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
And then to be mistaken for an infantry tramper!
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
She was simply a tramper, with occasional fits of localization.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
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