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Word: hobos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tough Wordmaster Jim Tully (Beggars of Life, Shanty Irish, Shadows of Men), ex-hobo, ex-roustabout, ex-laborer, ex-prize fighter, should know a fighter when he sees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1941 | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

...Goldendale, Wash., Brakeman Ed Barnard invited a hobo riding atop his freight train to join him in his warm caboose. "No thanks," replied the hobo. "I've got my radio rigged up here. It won't work inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Hobo | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

...stamp out "fifth-column stuff" among the nation's tramps, Jeff Davis ("King of the Hobos") announced the formation of a hobo constabulary to be known as Jungle Bulls,* under the command of famed gate-crasher "One Eye" Connolly. Said King Davis: "Hobos are the best friends this country has. They're loyal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 10, 1940 | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...Jungles are hobo camps (usually near railroad yards); bulls, detectives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 10, 1940 | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...play comes most alive when it forgets its plot and lets The Overland Kid sing the songs of the road, including such a glimpse of Hobo Heaven as the oldtime hobo song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays In Manhattan: Apr. 29, 1940 | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

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