noun
- plural of hobo; homeless people who travel from place to place, especially by illegally riding on trains
Usage: informal
Examples
- During the Great Depression, many hoboes rode the rails looking for work.
- The old railroad yard was a gathering place for hoboes.
- Hoboes often carried their belongings in small bundles.
- The soup kitchen served meals to hoboes and other homeless people.
- Stories of hoboes jumping freight trains became part of American folklore.
- Many hoboes developed a code of symbols to communicate with each other.