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Definition hobo

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a term for a stowaway traveler out of the Hoboken, NJ train yards, or a contraction of ho, boy, or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”). It could also be an abbreviation for homeless boy or homeward bound.

Noun

hobo (plural hobos or hoboes)

  1. (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
  2. (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
  3. A kind of large handbag.

Verb

hobo (third-person singular simple present hobos, present participle hoboing, simple past and past participle hoboed)

  1. (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

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BEHOOF 14
BHOOTS 11
BOOHOO 11
BOOTHS 11
BROOCH 14
HABOOB 14
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HOBOED 12
HOBOES 11
HOTBOX 18
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BOOTH 10
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BOO 6
HOB 8
OHO 5
OOH 5
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OH 4

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