(US) A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions.
The hobo was a migrant worker, generally honest. The tramp would make a living stealing but there would be mutual respect between them. The bindlestiff on the otherhand was the lowest of the low for he would steal from the bindles of his…
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