drifter

The tag was also, incidentally, a play on “The Blue Dahlia,” a 1946 movie written by Raymond Chandler and starring Veronica Lake as a plucky drifter who helps the hero track down his wife’s murderer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

A drifter and petty criminal, he had spent much of his time between 2000 and 2017 in the Algarve.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

It might have helped if Siff had a sturdier partner, but Alexander’s wan emo sensibility lacks the haunted charisma of a sexy drifter attempting to move on from his past.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

He plays the laborer and the free-spirited drifter who would never succumb to the burdens of economic hardship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

McCandless had tried to disguise the fact that he was a drifter living out of a backpack: He told his fellow employees that he lived across the river in Laughlin.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Earlier this year, he escaped to Dali, a magnet for drifters in China’s Yunnan province known for its scenic mountains and slow pace of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Juliette Lewis has played murderers, drifters, alcoholics, punk rockers, Reiki healers and roller-derby captains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

He welcomed her into his commune of misfits and drifters, which called itself the Family and coalesced at a ranch outside of Los Angeles, where she found herself captivated by his wild-eyed charisma.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023

She began picturing solitary drifters displaced by climate disasters surviving harsh landscapes with the help of garments that doubled as shelters — the ultimate commodities in a post-consumption world.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

Then we saw the swinging lanterns, the sheriff and his deputies coming along behind to keep the drifters moving.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck