hobo
obrero temporal
definition
noun
Cohen includes a category of songs about hoboes , tramps, vagabonds, etc. who populated the boxcars and rail-yards in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.
translation of 'hobo'
noun
obrero temporal,
obrero migratorio
example
Anyway, yeah, being a straight-up rail-riding 'hobo' is really interesting, but not for me.
During my Mother's growing up days an old 'hobo' lived in a dugout in the vicinity of her little town.
Lauren laughed, ‘He was probably some 'hobo' on the streets before.’
C'mon, he's a movie star, not some random 'hobo' on the street!
When we talked to that deranged 'hobo' in the park who looked kind of like Dr. Phil, you said you'd do anything to save our friendship.
He knew it was probably just some 'hobo' , but it was still unnerving.
Nobody had ever accused this 'hobo' of being lazy.
So he dressed down, stopped shaving and tried to pass himself off as just another anonymous 'hobo' .
I have a feeling I looked like a homeless 'hobo' that sleeps under anything she can find.
I turned to see an unshaven, uncleaned, homeless 'hobo' .
Nonetheless, 'hobos' , like tramps, acquired a reputation for their carefree way of life, their predilection for booze, and a canon of whimsical folk songs and stories.
Instead the poor guys ‘looked like 'hoboes' and lived like pigs.’
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Eleanor cared for a succession of 'hoboes' , vagabonds, and bums who called at the back door of the large house the family owned on Hamond Street in Chicago.
Cohen includes a category of songs about 'hoboes' , tramps, vagabonds, etc. who populated the boxcars and rail-yards in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Mostly young, single, and male, these 'hobos' by necessity and choice hopped the rails in search of seasonal jobs and relief, using their wits, each other, and their labor as their primary means of survival.
Migration was not limited to the poor, of course, although existing studies of tramps and 'hoboes' present intriguing questions.
In the hard times of the 1930s, unemployed men and transient 'hobos' often took temporary refuge on the island, erecting small shantytowns of tents.
A few 'hobos' and bag ladies wearing multiple layers of dirty, mismatched clothing leaned against the wall adjacent to the bench.
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