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How to pronounce hobo in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms migrant worker
Type of temp, temporary, temporary worker
Type Words
Synonyms bum, tramp
Type of clochard, drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant
Has types dosser, street person

Examples of hobo

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I suggest you go out and find a hobo and make out in a cardboard box or whatever.
From the edeneatseverything.com
By the time he was in eighth grade, he quit school to ride the rails as a hobo.
From the kansas.com
Hobo Junction presents Josh Zagoren and Dan Krall's rock musical about waiters.
From the suntimes.com
They gasped at the layout's hobo camp, complete with a light-up trashcan fire.
From the news-journalonline.com
It smells not of fresh water but of hobo urine, slaughterhouses and factories.
From the economist.com
We last see him shooting up near a stable while a hobo fire burns in a barrel.
From the nytimes.com
At her hobo party, guests received hors d'oeuvres in bandannas tied to sticks.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A hobo is a migratory worker or homelessvagabond, especially one who is penniless.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the beginning this somewhat preposterous hobo rode the middle class rails.
From the time.com
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  • A hobo is a migratory worker or homeless vagabond, often penniless. The term originated in the western--probably northwestern--United States during the last decade of the 19th century. ...
  • Hobo is the third album by American actor and singer/songwriter Billy Bob Thornton. It was released by Big Deal Records in 2005.
  • Hobo, or Hobo: A Young Man's Thoughts On Trains and Tramping in America, (ISBN 0-609-60738-3) is non-fiction, autobiographical novel written by Eddy Joe Cotton (though this is a nickname, with his real name being Zebu Recchia).
  • HoBO is a bi-annual, avant-garde magazine. Through collections of interviews, essays, and photo stories HoBO interviews celebrities, and other media figures. Founded by Shawn Dogimont, editor and chief as well as art director, and Christian Dogimont, publisher. ...
  • Hobo is an open source web application framework that builds on Ruby on Rails. It provides functionality that is commonly used on many websites (including user authentication and permissions, object lifecycles and ajax widgets) and tools that make existing Ruby on Rails features faster to ...
  • Hobo is a font style that is sans serif and is unique in having virtually no straight lines and no descenders. It was created by Morris Fuller Benton in 1910 with a light version, Light Hobo released in 1915. Matrices were offered for mechanical composition by Intertype.
  • A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails; A migratory laborer; A tramp, vagabond; hence bum; To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc
  • (Hobos) Shoulder bags that typically feature a slouchy posture, scooped center, and long shoulder strap.