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- adjective Like a
tramp (homeless person).
Etymologies
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Examples
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We certainly felt pretty 'trampish' at the end of some days, which was pretty tough considering we were staying at campsites with no showers.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Sloping blearily from the wings, he wears a rumpled, gap-toothed smile and an aura of trampish menace.
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It could hold up as long as MG remains trampish and step-daughter builds a posse.
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Her enjoyable performance was complimented nicely by Julia Stiles portrayal as a classy upper class student, Kirsten Dunst's heartless bride want-to-be, and the wonderful duo of Maggy Gyllenhaal as the trampish Giselle and Ginnifer Goodwin as the nearly unloved Connie.
Mediocre Russian, Good Indian, and to little Italian drewan 2004
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Little can more elegant than tailored, loose-fitting and flowing garments; nothing more trampish than crumpled suits whose wearers wish they could change into something more comfortable.
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Having but three legs, it leaned in a loafing way against the wall, and its rags of horsehair and protruding springs gave it a most trampish and disreputable appearance.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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Marigolds go wandering about in the most trampish manner, and poppies, because they are privileged characters, spring up as they please.
Vignettes of San Francisco Almira Bailey
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Of course, this was a "long shot," Tom said; but the trampish individual of whom Ben had told was much more likely to be an actor than a preacher.
Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Alice B. Emerson
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As they did so, the trampish-looking man glided from behind a tree where he had been hiding and took after them.
Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder Roy Rockwood
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Nothing gives a mounted animal a more trampish, disreputable appearance than slouchy, run over feet with toes that don't seem to be on the job.
Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Albert B. Farnham
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