hobbled

Example Sentences

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"He hoboed, he hung out with Robert Johnson," Stolle said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2010

After studying there for nearly four years, he hoboed in the East, then became a newspaper reporter, a vocation he pursued on and off as a correspondent and columnist for Chicago dailies until 1945.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sent to Princeton, he once ran away, hoboed his way to Washington, returned to his studies chastened by the experience.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slowly he hoboed his way to California, taking jobs by the way when he felt like it or had to.

From Time Magazine Archive

That winter Carl got the city of San José to stand behind a model unemployed lodging-house, one of the two students who had "hoboed" during the summer taking charge of it.

From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Parker, Cornelia Stratton