hobbling

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Toughening his face by marinating it in brine, hardening his jaw by chomping pine gum, Dempsey set out hoboing across the West and brawling in saloons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Welcome to the eccentric world of recreational hoboing.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Then why haven't you got a ranch of your own, instead of hoboing it around, renting places?"

From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

Let's see… Yes, I remember the question was brought up when I came back from my first hoboing and my sisters got me going to the Episcopal Mission.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames

In all my hoboing it is the best bit of train-jumping I have done.

From The Road by London, Jack