as in beggar
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
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Noun
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Consider Madewell’s roomy hobo bag in dark brown (the perfect laptop bag) or Tory Burch’s crossbody option, as essentials to wear throughout the season; then spring for a new accompaniments—like minimalist-friendly gold earrings, a sleek belt, or classic sunnies in tortoise shell.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The level of luxury she’s introduced with Barracuda is a stark contrast to the humbler quarters generally associated with backpackers and itinerant surf bums, which still make up the majority of Itacaré’s lodging options.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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And the oversized top has a split hem that falls below the bum.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As historian Kelly Lytle Hernández writes, one thing that stood in the way of this vision was the figure of the tramp.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This particular transient, along with several others, was an instance where multiple flashes of light were seen along a narrow band.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The initiative analyzes archives of historical images for objects that have either disappeared in the present day or flashed only briefly (transient) in the night sky.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Bindle stiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bindle%20stiff. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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