drifter
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The tag was also, incidentally, a play on “The Blue Dahlia,” a 1946 movie written by Raymond Chandler and starring Veronica Lake as a plucky drifter who helps the hero track down his wife’s murderer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
To some, he was a rollicking drifter in ragamuffin punk tatters.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
It might have helped if Siff had a sturdier partner, but Alexander’s wan emo sensibility lacks the haunted charisma of a sexy drifter attempting to move on from his past.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
He plays the laborer and the free-spirited drifter who would never succumb to the burdens of economic hardship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Made him feel worse than I did watching poor Trevor leveling the floor like some drifter slaving for a night’s rest in a bed.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Earlier this year, he escaped to Dali, a magnet for drifters in China’s Yunnan province known for its scenic mountains and slow pace of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Juliette Lewis has played murderers, drifters, alcoholics, punk rockers, Reiki healers and roller-derby captains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Kristofferson turned that tale into the story of two drifters, who find love on the road and are separated, eventually, by death.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
He welcomed her into his commune of misfits and drifters, which called itself the Family and coalesced at a ranch outside of Los Angeles, where she found herself captivated by his wild-eyed charisma.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
The drifters had wolfed down the last morsel.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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