as in hobo
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
the swagman who roams through the outback is a mythic figure in Australia
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Noun
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Per usual with movies like this, spelling out the terror (the roots are in hobo codes and religious legend) becomes, regrettably, a shock absorber, not a facilitator.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026 -
Schneider plays David, a reticent young man with the soulful-hobo air of a Beat poet, who makes a living as an events photographer but whose private passion is a secretive lifelong project, inherited from his father, documenting the changing Parisian suburbs.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
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Antinous later shocked the other suitors by insulting and assaulting with a footstool an elderly beggar who had spoken to him in the palace hall.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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Plus, the police are looking for a tramp (David Wilmot) who lives in the forest nearby, and may know something about what happened to her.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than half a century into his imposingly prolific, restlessly searching career as a songwriter, Springsteen has fulfilled the prophecy he was born into as a young tramp.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Kings will inevitably be criticized for making a series of bad decisions and bum deals while Fox, Barnes and Brown grace the game’s grandest stage a year after being cast off under questionable circumstances.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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The former great who played six seasons in Canada before a 17-year NFL career with the Oilers, Vikings, Seahawks and Chiefs once tried to rush back from a bum right ankle himself.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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His divorces ultimately left him scrambling for stability and turned him into a kind of moneyed vagabond, living out of suitcases.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Decades before his lens moved between nocturnal vagabonds in the East Village and names such as Diana Vreeland, William Burroughs, and Fran Lebowitz, the young man realized the power of his eye.—
Osman Can Yerebakan,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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But this man didn’t look like a vagrant.—
Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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But in the wake of the fire and regular break-ins by vagrants, the city’s Landmark Preservation Commission approved demolition on account of economic hardship in December 2024.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Swagman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swagman. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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