hobo

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Folk Machine, a label from Kenny Likitprakong’s Hobo Wine Company, specializes in moderately priced, easygoing bottles that are nonetheless interesting.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

William Dolittle Weariman, a fictional hobo featured in the Chicago Tribune’s 1910 “What Did the Hobo Say? $5 For the Wittiest Answer” contest.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2020

Following the Moniker Trail: Hobo graffiti and the strange tale of Jack London, Skysail, and A-No.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2019

“You got the same father I got – a Hobo just left on a midnight train,” one letter said.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2018

There were some more conventional pets, too: Tana, a beautiful white and lemon cocker spaniel who was given to me, and Hobo, a springer spaniel I looked after for a friend.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall