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語源

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).

発音

enPR: hō'bō

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.bəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.boʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈhəʉ.bəʉ/
• 韻: -əʊbəʊ

名詞

hobo (plural hobos or hoboes)

1. (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
   • 2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 55:

     He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.

2. (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
3. A kind of large handbag.
   • 1989, Susan Ludwig, Janice Steinberg, Petite Style, page 46:

     Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos.

使用する際の注意点

• Often used attributively, as if an adjective. For example, "hobo stew", "he was leading a hobo life."
• Although informal usage considers hobo synonymous with bum, self-proclaimed hobos sometimes distinguish themselves as migrant workers rather than unemployed bums.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:vagabond

派生語

動詞

hobo (third-person singular simple present hobos, present participle hoboing, simple past and past participle hoboed)

1. (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

   Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.

参照

アナグラム

• Boho, boho