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- noun Plural form of
hobo .
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Examples
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The plot was about the troubles of a wealthy Santa Barbara family that kept taking in hobos, hiring them to be chauffeurs, and then losing the family silverware to them.
Think Progress » GOP Rep. Dean Heller claims extending unemployment benefits is creating ‘hobos.’ 2010
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Kim, the next up for a massage, says she used to think that the homeless were all "hobos" - people who had chosen to break off from society-until she was shocked to find herself among them, and certainly not by choice.
New Times News 2009
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These types of webbings are evident here in the fall when the hobos are their most dastardly.
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If you're anxious about "hobos" asking you for money, decide how much you can allot per person (a quarter, a buck), carry the cash in your pocket, and give it to every poor person whose hand is out.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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If you're anxious about "hobos" asking you for money, decide how much you can allot per person (a quarter, a buck), carry the cash in your pocket, and give it to every poor person whose hand is out.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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If you're anxious about "hobos" asking you for money, decide how much you can allot per person (a quarter, a buck), carry the cash in your pocket, and give it to every poor person whose hand is out.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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If you're anxious about "hobos" asking you for money, decide how much you can allot per person (a quarter, a buck), carry the cash in your pocket, and give it to every poor person whose hand is out.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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And Congressman Dean Heller (R-NV) used the word "hobos" to demean those on unemployment.
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In the old days, we called those homeless men words like, "hobos" or worse.
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Hunt is thought to be one of the 'hobos' briefly detained just behind the grassy knoll on the day of the assassination.
Gravity 2009
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