(US) A transient, homeless person who rides from place to place on freight trains; a hobo.
(US) A transient, homeless person who rides from place to place on freight trains; a hobo.
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(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
(US, slang) A makeshift encampment adjacent to a railroad freight carrier's property where train hoppers/hobos, tramps, or bums congregate while waiting for their outbound train.
One who tramps.
(chiefly, US, idiomatic, derogatory) In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.
A train of a class which is used by the poor and tramps.