bindle stiff

bindle stiff

noun

Definition of BINDLE STIFF

: hobo; especially : one who carries his clothes or bedding in a bundle

Examples of BINDLE STIFF

1. <upon graduation from college he wandered around the country as a bindle stiff, naively believing that he was at one with the downtrodden>

First Known Use of BINDLE STIFF

1897

Related to BINDLE STIFF

Synonyms: tramp, bum, bummer, hobo, sundowner [Australian], swaggie [chiefly Australian], swagman [chiefly Australian], vagabond, vagrant

Related Words: drifter, roamer, transient; beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler, stiff; dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker; gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

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Rhymes with BINDLE STIFF

anaglyph, hieroglyph, hippogriff, logogriph, petroglyph