hobo

Example Sentences

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I also remember that when I spent some time with hobos — and I’m not sure if that’s a pejorative word today, but they’re a little different category of people than simply those who are homeless.

From Los Angeles Times

The large hobo bag, Mr. Daman said, “is just not the jam” today.

From New York Times

Howe decided to study the local encampments while working with an adviser who studied “hobo archaeology” among migrant workers in the 20th century, including a “hobo jungle” site near the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland.

From Washington Post

Right now, the area’s most famous feathered hobo is a painted bunting.

From Washington Post

“Mr. Dempster as a teenager started out as a two-fisted hobo and a member of a railroad construction gang: he ended up as a benevolent millionaire industrialist,” his obituary read.

From Washington Times