bindle stiff

bindle stiff

noun

Definition of BINDLE STIFF

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living <upon graduation from college he wandered around the country as a bindle stiff, naively believing that he was at one with the downtrodden>

Synonyms bindle stiff, 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