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A hobo, misfit, criminal, wanderer, or drifting harvest worker.
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(US) A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions.
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(Australia) An imaginary marker at the edge of civilised land.
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(intransitive) To set a booby-trap.
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(informal) A homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter.
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(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, US) A person who makes money by passing the hat (soliciting donations) while entertaining the public (often by playing a musical instrument) on the streets or in other public area such as a park or market.
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(Britain, dated) A tramp.
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(idiomatic, performing arts) An audition which is open to the public and thus draws a large number of applicants, many of whom are inexperienced.
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A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.
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A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
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(Australia, slang) An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
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(idiomatic) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.
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(Tyneside) Alternative spelling of deekies (“a quick look”) [(Tyneside) A quick look.]
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(Australia, slang) A homeless person; a social derelict.
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(Australia, slang) A car's engine.
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A homeless and jobless person.
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(Britain) A person who takes part in fellwalking.
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(gambling, slang) Synonym of flat store (“crooked gambling establishment”)
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(informal) A person employed to handle issues arising from flooding.
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(obsolete) A foot (body part).
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(acronym) hide and go seek
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Alternative form of highbinder [(US, obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang.]
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(historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
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Alternative form of hobbledehoy [An awkward adolescent youth.]
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Alternative form of hobbledehoy [An awkward adolescent youth.]
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Alternative form of hobbledehoy [An awkward adolescent youth.]
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Alternative form of hobbledehoy [An awkward adolescent youth.]
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A hob; a rustic or yokel.
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Alternative form of hobbledehoy [An awkward adolescent youth.]
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Alternative form of hobbledehoy [An awkward adolescent youth.]
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(Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
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A nickname given to some homeless people, especially ones named Joe, John, etc.
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(US, slang) A makeshift encampment adjacent to a railroad freight carrier's property where train hoppers/hobos, tramps, or bums congregate while waiting for their outbound train.
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Archaic spelling of hobo. [(Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.]
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A sign, usually chalked on a wall or walkway, left by a hobo (tramp) to advise others of local conditions
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A person sexually attracted to “tramps” (as a paronomastic synonym of hobo).
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(obsolete) A homeless person, or vagrant.
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Alternative form of jarvey [(dated) A hackney coach driver .]
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(transitive, informal, horse racing) To replace (a jockey) with another.
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The act of one who jockeys.
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(archaic) A poor unskilled menial laborer who has no steady employment.
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(obsolete, UK) An idler; a vagabond.
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(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
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(informal) A heavy user of freely available Wi-Fi and/or power outlets at coffeeshops.
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(idiomatic) A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).
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(MTE, slang) Slang term used in Toronto, for when someone gets shot in the leg or somebody catching a case.
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(US, informal) An errand boy, especially in Chinatown.
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(colloquial) A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
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Alternative form of loodheramaun [(Ireland) A big, lazy man; a loafer.]
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(slang, derogatory) A public motorbus.
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(Ireland, historical) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
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(US, military, slang) An infantry soldier.
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Alternative form of murderhobo [(role-playing games, derogatory or humorous) A character who wanders the gameworld, unattached to any community, indiscriminately killing and looting.]
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Alternative form of murderhobo [(role-playing games, derogatory or humorous) A character who wanders the gameworld, unattached to any community, indiscriminately killing and looting.]
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(US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a bum.
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(chiefly US, idiomatic, derogatory) In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.
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(US) A supporter of the working-class, anti-Chinese political views of Denis Kearney in 19th-century California.
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(UK, North Country, dated, slang) A policeman.
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A loafer or beachcomber.
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(informal, US, archaic) A lean-to or temporary shelter.
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(US) A casual dock laborer of little skill.
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(obsolete) A tramp who does not go to lodging-houses; a rough sleeper.
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(intransitive) To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant.
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(dated) A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.
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(Britain, obsolescent) A child who lives, or spends most of his or her time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.
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(slang) A homeless person.
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(Australia, obsolete) An itinerant worker, a swagman.
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(Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman (“itinerant traveller”)
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(UK, obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded weak passengers with his sword-point.
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(Philippines) idler; layabout
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(Canada, US, informal, derogatory) A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
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(uncountable, chiefly Britain, slang, rare) Valuables retrieved from drains and sewers.
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Like a tramp or homeless person.
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(Britain, slang) An urban lower-class youth.
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(obsolete) A varlet; a scoundrel.
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(derogatory) A street urchin.
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(Australia) To travel on foot carrying a swag (belongings wrapped in a cloth); to so travel looking for work.
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A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union.
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(Australian politics, informal) The rural campaign trail, particularly with reference to the National Party.
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