Definition of Hoboes

1. Noun. (plural of hobo) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoboes

1. hobo [v] - See also: hobo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoboes

hobnobber
hobnobbers
hobnobbing
hobnobby
hobnobs
hobo
hobo bag
hobo bags
hobo camp
hobo jungle
hobo spider
hobodom
hobodoms
hoboe
hoboed
hoboes (current term)
hoboglyph
hobohemia
hobohemian
hobohemians
hobohemias
hoboing
hoboism
hoboisms
hobolike
hobos
hoboy
hoboys
hobs

Literary usage of Hoboes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"hoboes THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT IN the course of my tramping I encountered hundreds of ... On the other hand, there were hoboes who passed and repassed with ..."

2. Types from City Streets by Hutchins Hapgood (1910)
"THE PATHOS OF LOW LIFE A HUNGARIAN POET—FROM HIM WHO HATH NOT— A GERMAN DECLASSE—HER SONG AND HER SPEECH —KING OF THE hoboes—THE AMERICAN HAMLET —A BOWERY ..."

3. A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country by Thomas Dykes Beasley (1914)
"CHAPTER VIII SMARTSVILLE TO MARYSVILLE. SOME REFLECTIONS ON AUTOMOBILES AND "hoboes" ... hoboes."

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