A Boyette is a female hobo, a term that was used during the Great Depression era in the United States to describe a woman who was part of the itinerant worker and traveler community known as “hobos.”
bo-ette - a female hobo.
Tramps and hobos are commonly lumped together, but in their own sight they are sharply differentiated. A hobo or bo is simply a migratory laborer; he may take some longish holidays, but soon or late he returns to work. A tramp never works if it can be avoided; he simply travels.
Others claim it came from the soldiers returning from the Civil War, who were "Homeward Bound." Some suggest it is from the congenial greeting "Hello boy" that changed to "Lo boy" and "Lo bo" and finally to "Ho bo." Others think it came from the word hoosier, meaning a rustic individual, a frontiersman.
Be careful when you call a vagrant or homeless person a hobo — although this is exactly what the word means, it is a somewhat offensive term. The end of the nineteenth century brought the start of the word hobo in the Western United States.
Swaggie: swagman. Swagman: tramp, hobo.
According to her, female hobos have their own wanderlust, including their own transient work practices, such as sex work, that come with the risk of disease and the added "hazard" of potential pregnancy (Reitman 1937, 285).
Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944) was a famous hobo and author, travelling under the name "A-No. 1" and often referred to as "The Rambler." He perfected the hobo symbols system, which let other hobos know where there are generous people, free food, jobs, vicious dogs, and so forth.
But Shorty is only one type of modern American hobo. Hobo culture is alive and well in the United States, but it's a far cry from the sanitized Halloween-costume version most of us are used to — the patched overalls, the charcoal beard and the red-bandana bindle (that's a bundle on a stick).
ˈhō-bō plural hoboes also hobos. : a homeless and usually penniless wanderer : tramp.
A hobosexual is a person who has sex with strangers to prevent homelessness. They're also called “romantic hobos,” “love train riders,” and “hobo-sexuals.” The word hobosexual comes from the word hobo, which means homeless person. It combines the word hobo with sexual orientation.
Bo, boes - A slang term used to describe an experienced hobo. A term for a pal, “Hey, bo” Originally meant a natural exclamiation intended to surprise or frighten. Bo chaser - A freight brakeman or railroad policeman. Boes - A slang term for hobo.
“In the old days when most of the boys were working in the agricultural section of the West, they were referred to as just 'boys. ' Then, to distinguish them from other workers, the name of one of their tools, the hoe, was applied to them and they became 'hoe-boys. ' From that it was only one step to 'hoboes. ' ”
Vagrant – Unlike hobos, vagrants tend to live on the streets in one specific area, most commonly in cities (i.e. New York). Vagrants are more prone to traveling with their belongings on the streets or in temporary shelters. Hobo – Compared to vagrants, hobos maintain a much more nomadic lifestyle.
A bindle is the bag, sack, or carrying device stereotypically used by the American sub-culture of hobos. The bindle is colloquially known as the blanket stick, particularly within the Northeastern hobo community.
A hobo or bo is simply a migratory laborer; he may take some longish holidays, but sooner or later he returns to work. A tramp never works if it can be avoided; he simply travels.” After their post-Civil War emergence, hoboes and tramps became prominent again during the Great Depression.
Begging And Coin Collection
Quest lines and odd jobs are some of the most profitable ways to make money fast in Hobo: Tough Life, but they aren't the only ways. Begging is an essential method of making money that no player should neglect.
Hoboes travel across the country by hopping onto trains (although other modes of transportation are also acceptable), but crucially they work for their living, performing seasonal labor and taking on odd jobs. Tramps travel, either via rail or hitchhiking, but they rarely work (and instead often beg).
Many hobos from this era have since “caught the westbound,” or died. A small number of so-called hobos still hop freight trains today. Unlike hobos of yesteryear, these modern freight train hoppers would not ride the rails to seek employment, but for the thrill of the journey.
The town of Britt, Iowa, is known as the hobo capital of the world.
That neighborhood centered around one street in Chicago would become known as Hobohemia, and Chicago would forever be known as the Hobo Capital of The World.
Iowegin Rick, the Hobo King for 2022, is a man of few words, but the steam engine tattoo on his forehead hints at his history. The Waterloo, Iowa, native has been on the road for most of his 66 years, a lot of them in boxcars heading west and south.
Coined by writer Nakita Nicci in a 2017 article, “a hobosexual is a person who dates you with the sole interest of having a place to stay – not a genuine romantic interest.” They're serial daters, often bouncing from one live-in relationship to the next, usually with a rolling hockey bag full of dirty laundry in hand ( ...
Hobo: One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood. Homeless person: one who has no home or haven.