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Word: wanderin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some hobbyists enjoy the strange mix of oddly dignified and unsavory characters found in a flip-side world. Others like the colorful road names and don't-look-back life-style. Hopkins is "Santa Fe Bo." Tudor Williams is "Wanderin' Wills." Real hoboes they know include a man named "Wild, Wild Wes," who rides with a crow perched on his shoulder, and "Pepsodent Pete," who quit dentistry for the rails. Then there are those who may be starting the life. Thad ("Thunder") Thorton, 22, sits by the Colorado River and talks of being a late child of parents who died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoboes From High-Rent Districts | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

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