bindle stiffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bindle stiff ‎(複数形 bindle stiffs)

1. A hobo, misfit, criminal, wanderer, or drifting harvest worker.
   • 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede (publisher):

     “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.’ ”

   • 1983, Clive Cussler, Pacific Vortex!, Random House LLC, Dirk Pitt Series, volume 1, ISBN 0553276328, page 80:

     He felt like a toss-up between a bindle stiff and a skid row derelict.

同意語

• bindle punk

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪnd(ə)lstɪf/

名詞

bindlestiff (複数形 bindlestiffs)

1. (US) A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions.
   • 1950, James Blish, Cities in Flight:

     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.

   • 1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden:

     And before he knew it he was a bindlestiff himself.

   • 1967, Harlan Ellison, Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes

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

   • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 315:

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