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hoboism

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ho⋅bo

  [hoh-boh]
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–noun, plural -bos, -boes.
1. a tramp or vagrant.
2. a migratory worker.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
ho⋅bo⋅ism, noun
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ho·bo   (hō'bō)   
n.   pl. ho·boes or ho·bos

  1. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.

  2. A migrant worker.

intr.v.   ho·boed, ho·bo·ing, ho·boes
To live or wander like a vagrant.

[Origin unknown.]
ho'bo·ism n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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