trampish
- a word derived from tramp.
Example Sentences
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He left the tent, and paused for a moment outside to touzle affectionately the trampish heads of the bear dogs.
From The Hunted Woman by Curwood, James Oliver
A general straggling, trampish look about him was not helped by patched blue fatigues.
From Operation Haystack by Dongen, H. R. van
Cleaned up—scrubbed, the insoluble matted locks clipped from his coat, his trampish collar replaced with a new one bearing a license tag—he was far from being unpresentable.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
There, through the glass of the dividing screen, Lady Sellingworth's tall and thin figure, wrapped in a long cloak of dark fur, was visible, going with her careless, trampish walk to the ladies' cloak-room.
From December Love by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The appearance of the first detachment of strike-breakers, a trampish crew gathered up hastily by the employment agencies in the cities in response to Griswold's telegrams, was the signal for active resistance.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
