hobo

Example Sentences

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Its crowd regarded me as if I were a hobo, a single Coke was $10 and I promptly took the next train to Ventimiglia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Yes, it wasn't a boy; it was a little girl, but I couldn't tell because she was dressed like a hobo.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

The trilogy includes “The Areas of My Expertise,” a book that contains, among other things, a list of 700 hobo names.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

“We see a cactus, then a dog, then a hobo, then a disintegrated monument, then a rainstorm,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

One weathered old hobo told the preacher that if he wanted more pilgrims on that road to heaven, they should pave it with pork and beans instead of onion soup.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool