hobo
noun/ˈhoʊboʊ/
Frequency rank: #12,006 most common English word
Meaning
a person who wanders from place to place without a home or regular work; a vagrant.
Example sentence
The kind woman gave her leftover food to the hobo sitting outside the diner.
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