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Hobo (Noun)

A vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums".

Nouns denoting people.

The hobo wandered into town, his tattered clothes and worn shoes a testament to his hard life on the road.
As a young man, Jack Kerouac romanticized the idea of being a hobo, traveling from place to place with no fixed address.
The local shelter provided food and clothing for the hobos who wandered in off the streets, many of whom had been living rough for years.
The police officer tried to rouse the hobo from his drunken stupor, but he just groggily rolled over and went back to sleep.
In the Great Depression, many men became hobos, traveling from town to town in search of work and a better life.

A worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places.

Nouns denoting people.