hoboes in English

noun
1
a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.
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.
synonyms:trampvagrantvagabondderelictbumdown-and-outdriftertransientitinerant
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1. Hoboes, Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West

2. In Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West , the award-winning historian Mark Wyman beautifully captures the lives of these workers

3. Variously called Bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, hoboes, and bums, these men—and women and children—were vital to the creation of the West and its economy

4. The men, women, and children variously called Bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, bums, and hoboes were vital to the creation of the West and its economy, yet their history has been largely untold

5. Up to 4% cash back  · Variously called Bindlestiffs, fruit tramps, hoboes, and bums, these men--and women and children--were vital to the creation of the West and its economy

6. Hoboes, Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West is a history book, a detailed account of the agricultural development of the West, post-Civil War and early 19th century, and the factors that brought this vast, for the most part deserted territory under the plow.