hobo

• Substantiv für einen mittellosen, umherziehenden Wanderarbeiter oder Landstreicher, oft assoziiert mit Reisen, Obdachlosigkeit und Gelegenheitsarbeit.

A noun referring to a disreputable vagrant, often associated with traveling and temporary work.

1. Disreputable vagrantA2informal

   A person who travels from place to place and lives without permanent home or job, often considered disreputable.

   Landstreicher

   • The old hobo sat by the train tracks with his bindle.
   • He lived like a hobo, hopping freight trains across the country.
   • The town's people were wary of the hobo asking for food.
   • She wrote a novel about a hobo's journey during the Great Depression.

   Synonymebumderelictdrifteritineranttrampvagabondvagrant

2. Migrant workerB1formal

   A person who moves from place to place to find temporary work, especially in agriculture or manual labor.

   Wanderarbeiter

   • Many hobos found seasonal work harvesting crops.
   • He became a hobo during the economic downturn, taking jobs where he could.
   • The documentary followed hobos traveling for work in the 1930s.
   • Hoboes often relied on local communities for odd jobs.