tramp
verb (used without object)
to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
trampish
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a word derived from
tramp.
Example Sentences
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A general straggling, trampish look about him was not helped by patched blue fatigues.
From Operation Haystack by H. R. van Dongen
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 Francis Lynde
Having but three legs, it leaned in a loafing way against the wall, and its rags of horsehair and protruding springs gave it a most trampish and disreputable appearance.
From My New Curate by Patrick Augustine Sheehan
Of course, this was a “long shot,” Tom said; but the trampish individual of whom Ben had told was much more likely to be an actor than a preacher.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Alice B. Emerson
Nothing gives a mounted animal a more trampish, disreputable appearance than slouchy, run over feet with toes that don't seem to be on the job.
From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Albert B. Farnham
