hobo

Example Sentences

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Its crowd regarded me as if I were a hobo, a single Coke was $10 and I promptly took the next train to Ventimiglia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Yes, it wasn't a boy; it was a little girl, but I couldn't tell because she was dressed like a hobo.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

The trilogy includes “The Areas of My Expertise,” a book that contains, among other things, a list of 700 hobo names.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

“We see a cactus, then a dog, then a hobo, then a disintegrated monument, then a rainstorm,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

We explored the sloughs, where we found hobo nests.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston