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
My dear Doctor, I looked out of window just now, and saw a tramper woman sitting on the door-step.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry
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
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 Hamilton, James
He is a quiet neighbour—no slammer or tramper.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
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