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  • Hobo — is a term that refers to a subculture of wandering homeless people, [cite web | authorlink = Answers.com | title = hobo. | work = The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company |… …   Wikipedia

  • Hobo — Bandera …   Wikipedia Español

  • hobo — n. m. (Québec) Vieilli Vagabond qui fait de petits travaux ponctuels pour subsister. Avoir l air d un vrai hobo. Clochard. (V. robineux.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • hobo — (de or. caribe) m. Jobo (árbol anacardiáceo). * * * hobo. (Voz caribe). m. Ant. jobo …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • hobo — ☆ hobo [hō′bō ] n. pl. hobos or hoboes [< ?] 1. a migratory worker: so used by such workers themselves 2. a vagrant; tramp vi. to travel in the manner of a hobo SYN. VAGRANT …   English World dictionary

  • Hobo — Ho bo, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain origin.] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] {Ho bo*ism}, n. Syn: tramp, bum. [Webster… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hobo — 1889, Western U.S., of unknown origin. Barnhart compares early 19c. English dialectal hawbuck lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin. Or possibly from ho, boy, a workers call on late 19c. western U.S. railroads. Facetious formation hobohemia,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • hobo — n tramp, vagrant, *vagabond, truant, bum …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hobo — [n] homeless person beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, migrant worker, street person, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wino; concepts 412,423 …   New thesaurus

  • hobo — (Voz caribe). m. Ant. jobo …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • hobo — ► NOUN (pl. hoboes or hobos) N. Amer. ▪ a vagrant. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

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