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- pronunciation:
- ho
bo
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
hoboes, hobos |
| definition 1: |
a poor and homeless wanderer who usually does odd jobs for a living but may also beg or scavenge.
A couple of hobos were sleeping in one of the boxcars at the back of the train.- similar words:
- bum, tramp, vagabond
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| definition 2: |
an unskilled migrant worker.
- similar words:
- migrant
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| related words: |
beggar, derelict, mendicant, transient, vagabond, vagrant |
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