ho|bo

ho|bo «HOH boh», noun, plural -bos or -boes, verb, -boed, -bo|ing. U.S.

–n.

1. a person who wanders about and lives by begging or doing odd jobs; tramp.

2. a migratory workman.

–v.i.

to live as a hobo.

–v.t.

to make (one's way) in the manner of a hobo: »

At eighteen he hoboed his way to the Kansas wheat fields (Atlantic).

╂[American English; origin uncertain]