Meaning of bindlestiff | Babel Free

Definitions

A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions.

US

Examples

“The hobo was a migrant worker, generally honest. The tramp would make⟳ a living stealing but there would be mutual respect⟳ between them. The bindlestiff on the otherhand was the lowest of the low for he would steal⟳ from the bindles of his fellow wanderers.”

“And before he knew it he was a bindlestiff himself.”

“She had been born in Tucson, mother full-blooded Cherokee, father a bindlestiff on his way through.”

“AP Finance was tucked somewhere between South Central and the vestigial river, hometown of Indians and bindlestiffs and miscellaneous drinkers of Midnight Special […]”

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