tramp
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6.1
- noun
- /træmp/
- Informal
:
vagabundo
- One, Porter Farley, left town for sixty years, living as a tramp, and was returned only after death.
Liars, tramps and thieves and I think we have to accept stereotypes are out there and they're just a form of abuse.
- Liars, tramps and thieves and I think we have to accept stereotypes are out there and they're just a form of abuse.
- Food's built down his top and almost like the vision you have if someone were to say a tramp, that you'd think this is what that guy looked like.
- It's about a little a little girl who befriends the tramp and cross dressing Tramp might wear the guardian today.
Examples
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Near the end of City Lights, the tramp gets out of jail.
Fiction book (1995) -
I remember the first day I got here, a tramp was sick outside my room.
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Even the tramps are turning up now.
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Even from a distance, he was an odd, distinctive figure, somewhere between gentleman and tramp.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now he is a tramp roaming our native land.
Fiction book (1998) -
Noticing the odd little tramp, she comes out and gives him a flower.
Fiction book (1995) -
The babbling tramp appeared from the shadows, and the bodyguard relaxed, dropping his weapon back onto his lap.
Fiction book (2000) -
With George, I returned to my corner of the boxcar, the other tramps and 'boes not even daring to look our way.
Fiction book (2002) -
You'll wire down the line to Shawano, tell Bart Cox to keep an eye out for tramps.
Fiction book (2000) -
The tramp wandered the streets, looking for food and a place to sleep.
Synonyms
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2.3
A person who has no home and often lives on the streets
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7.1
A person with no home who often asks for money
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5.9
A person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or steady job
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8.4
A person who travels from place to place without a home and looks for temporary work
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7.7
A person who has no home and moves from place to place, often begging
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3.9
A person who travels without a fixed home or purpose
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7.6
A person who moves from place to place without a home or job
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5.6
A person without a home who sleeps outdoors or in public places
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7.0
A person who moves from place to place and has no fixed home
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8.3
A person who moves from place to place without a home
A person who travels without a home and lives by odd jobs
A person who sleeps outside because they have no home
Compounds
- Archaic
1
8.6
A cargo ship that sails without a fixed route, carrying goods when available
How Settled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tramp for a homeless person grew from the idea of someone who 'tramps' or 'wanders' from place to place on foot. So a tramp is someone who travels without a fixed home.