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noun

ˈhō-(ˌ)bō

Definition of hobo

as in beggar

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living kind folks who always gave hoboes who came to the farm a meal and then sent them on their way

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Noun

The Sasha features a top-zippered hobo silhouette with a versatile, adjustable strap and interior zipper pocket to keep you organized. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Add a slouchy hobo bag and Western belt at the waist for the full effect. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 Kick off your cart with this gorgeous Kate Spade crossbody, which is nearly 40 percent off, then go the spill-proof route with this fits-a-ton Bagsmart hobo bag. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hobo

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Noun

Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.

— Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of beggar

Verb

Plant-eating dinos that looked like huge, armored lizards left those footprints while tramping near the coastline of a vast Western Interior Seaway that extended into Colorado.

— Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026
Days or weeks passed, but then the dog barked, the mail carrier tramped onto the porch, the mailbox clattered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of tramp

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Even Keanu Reeves dealt with a bum knee on the first John Wick — and, for that matter, throughout much of the franchise.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bum

Verb

The jam band scene – long reigned over by groups like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band – exploded in the Nineties as newer artists like Phish and Widespread Panic began filling arenas and fomenting their own rabid vagabonding fanbases.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
In 1978, Wenner sold the magazine to Larry Burke, a young man from Chicago who had spent a chunk of his twenties vagabonding around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025

Definition of vagabond

Noun

This is accomplished with the aid of a dead vagrant, a false identity, a commandeered submarine, and tons of other chicanery.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Across the planet, most populations of monarch butterflies—in Spain, in Hawaii—are likely descended from vagrants that veered off the Mexico migration path.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of vagrant

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