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But I could tie the trash bag to a stick and walk around cons like some MTG hobo...
Building a GLHFDD time traveling hobo costume for a sci-fi themed Detroit dive bar thing this weekend. Pretty easy costume. Bunch of tubing, threaded with lights, woven around a vest, covered in clear poncho. Think i…
I’m like a hobo carrying my emotions in a sack. Which way is Canada?🇨🇦
This is my childhood beach. I walked it today. It’s 3 miles round-trip a beautiful flat beach. I’ll send a picture. I don’t think I have one. This is it horizontally 😂 I walk and do hobo yoga as long as my arthritis…
WATCH BOOZER AND STUBS! What is a clown supposed to do after losing his home, wife, and hit children's show? Get drunk and team up with a mindless hobo and keep the show going! @ http://www.smileycrew.tv #WebSeries…
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A kind of large handbag.
He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.
“But I could tie the trash bag to a stick and walk around cons like some MTG hobo...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Building a GLHFDD time traveling hobo costume for a sci-fi themed Detroit dive bar thing this weekend. Pretty easy costume. Bunch of tubing, threaded with lights, woven around a vest, covered in clear poncho. Think it'll turn out pretty neat! youtu.be/Nm4WbapDzDQ?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’m like a hobo carrying my emotions in a sack. Which way is Canada?🇨🇦”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This is my childhood beach. I walked it today. It’s 3 miles round-trip a beautiful flat beach. I’ll send a picture. I don’t think I have one. This is it horizontally 😂 I walk and do hobo yoga as long as my arthritis agrees Good luck my friend”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WATCH BOOZER AND STUBS! What is a clown supposed to do after losing his home, wife, and hit children's show? Get drunk and team up with a mindless hobo and keep the show going! @ http://www.smileycrew.tv #WebSeries #Comedy #IndieComedy #MorroBay #Puppets #SketchComedy”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.
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(North America) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
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