hoboism
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Hoboism — 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoboism — See hobo. * * * … Universalium
hoboism — ho·bo·ism … English syllables
hoboism — ˈhō(ˌ)bōˌizəm noun ( s) : the condition of being a hobo * * * hoˈbodom or hoˈboism noun • • • Main Entry: ↑hobo … Useful english dictionary
hobo — hoboism, n. /hoh boh/, n., pl. hobos, hoboes. 1. a tramp or vagrant. 2. a migratory worker. [1885 90, Amer.; orig. uncert.] * * * … Universalium
Journey — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Locomotion by land. < N PARAG:Journey >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 travel travel Sgm: N 1 traveling traveling &c. >V. wayfaring campaigning GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 journey journey excursion … English dictionary for students
vagrancy — va·gran·cy / vā grən sē/ n pl cies 1: the act or practice of wandering about from place to place 2: the crime of wandering about without employment or identifiable means of support the court struck down the vagrancy law as unconstitutionally… … Law dictionary
discursion — Synonyms and related words: Wanderjahr, aberrancy, aberration, afoot and lighthearted, aside, bend, bias, branching off, bumming, bypath, byway, circuitousness, corner, crook, curve, declination, departure, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviation,… … Moby Thesaurus
errantry — Synonyms and related words: Wanderjahr, aberrancy, aberration, afoot and lighthearted, bend, bias, bigheartedness, bigness, branching off, bumming, chivalrousness, chivalry, circuitousness, corner, crook, curve, declination, departure, detour,… … Moby Thesaurus
indolence — Synonyms and related words: a wise passiveness, abeyance, apathy, catalepsy, catatonia, cautiousness, circumspection, contemplation, contemplative life, creeping, deadliness, deathliness, deliberateness, deliberation, dilatoriness, do nothing… … Moby Thesaurus
