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