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Meaning of bindle stiff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A hobo, misfit, criminal, wanderer, or drifting harvest worker.

Examples

““So maybe you better jus’ scatter along now, ’cause Curley maybe ain’t gonna like his wife out in the barn with us ‘bindle stiffs.’ ””
“He felt like a toss-up between a bindle stiff and a skid row derelict.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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