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panhandler
English
Etymology
Obscure. Speculative. Panhandling always seems to involve a container for receiving loose change, so perhaps the term refers to a small handled pan, or to the container as the pan and the arm(s) holding it as the handle.
Alternatively, possibly from the notion that the shape of one's outstretched arm in relation to a seated or squatting beggar brings to mind the image of a panhandle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pæn.hænd.l?(?)/
Noun
panhandler (plural panhandlers)
- One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.
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hobo
English
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a term for a stowaway traveler out of the Hoboken, NJ train yards, or a contraction of ho, boy, or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”). It could also be an abbreviation for homeless boy, homeward bound, or homeless Bohemian.
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?'b?, IPA(key): /?h??.b??/
- Rhymes: -??b??
Noun
hobo (plural hobos or hoboes)
- (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
- A kind of large handbag.
- 1989, Susan Ludwig, Janice Steinberg, Petite Style (page 46)
- Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos.
- 1989, Susan Ludwig, Janice Steinberg, Petite Style (page 46)
Usage notes
- Often used attributively, as if an adjective. For example, "hobo stew", "he was leading a hobo life."
- Although informal usage considers hobo synonymous with bum, self-proclaimed hobos sometimes distinguish themselves as migrant workers rather than unemployed bums.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:vagabond
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hobo (third-person singular simple present hobos, present participle hoboing, simple past and past participle hoboed)
- (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
- Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.
References
Anagrams
- Boho, boho
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch hobo, from French hautbois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????b??/
Noun
hobo (plural hobo's, diminutive hobootjie)
- oboe
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French hautbois, from Middle French [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o??bo?/
- Hyphenation: ho?bo
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
hobo m (plural hobo's, diminutive hobootje n)
- oboe (woodwind)
Derived terms
- hoboïst
Japanese
Romanization
hobo
- R?maji transcription of ??
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