Reverse Dictionary: TRAMP (vagrant)

ADJECTIVES
► BOWERY pert. to tramps and hobos; hence, impoverished, poor → 1900s sl.
► DOWNRIGHT tramping, begging → L19 UK tramps’ sl.
► HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp → 1828 Sc.
► ON THE ARFY-DARFY tramping, hoboing; on the roam → 1964 US sl.
► ON THE CHARLEY ► ON THE CHARLIE being a tramp → c1910 US sl.
► ON THE MOPE living as a tramp → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► ON THE PAD on the tramp, on the road; living as a tramp → 1626 colloq.
► ON THE WALLABY TRACK tramping in the outback → 1999 Aust. sl., obs. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► BINDLE a tramp’s bedding-roll → 1900 Amer. sl.
► CAGE a cubicle within a tramp’s lodging house → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► CINDER TRAIL tramp life in general → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CRUMB a tramp’s pack of blankets → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DRUM a swagman’s pack → 1866 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HOBOLAND a train with a crew friendly to tramps → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOBO LIMITED a train with a crew friendly to tramps → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HORSTILE TRAIN a train with a crew hostile to tramps → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HUSTLE work as a tramp, pimp, prostitute → 1940s African-American sl.
► LUMP a parcel of food given to a tramp → 1912 US sl.
► MONKERY the countryside; a district, esp. one frequented by tramps; hence, the way of life of a tramp → a1790 sl.
► MONKERY, THE tramps or other vagrants collectively → 1851 tramps’ sl.
► NEDDY the tucker-bag carried by an itinerant tramp → 1911 Aust. sl.
► PROFESH a community of professional tramps → 1901 sl.
► SCOFF JACK money for food collected amongst a group of tramps when they have been unable to beg successfully → 1930s US tramp sl.
► SHIRALEE a tramp’s swag or bundle of personal belongings → L19 Aust. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABRAHAMER a tramp; a vagrant → 1823 sl. obs.
► ABRAMER a tramp → a1790 sl.
► AIREDALE a tramp, a drifter → 1960s US sl.
► ALKEE STIFF ► ALKI STIFF ► ALKY STIFF a tramp drunkard → L19 US criminals’ sl.
► BAD ACTOR a tramp who lives on money sent him by his family to keep him from returning home → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BAGMAN 1. a tramp who carries his personal effects in a bag; a swagman → 1896 Aust.
2. a tramp who travels on horseback → 1910 Aust. sl.
► BALL AND CHAIN a boy tramp, usually a catamite, who travels with an older tramp → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BANDONEES horseless tramps, wanderers → 1890 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BANNER CARRIER a tramp who walks the street all night → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BARBER a tramp → 1943 Aust. sl.
► BARREL-BOARDER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → 1890 US sl..
► BARREL DOSSER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → 1927 US sl.
► BARREL-HOUSE BUM a tramp who frequents barrel houses (cheap saloons) → c1920 Amer. tramps’ sl.
► BARREL-HOUSE STIFF  an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → 1926 US sl.
► BARREL STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → 1909 US sl.
► BATTLER a tramp, a swagman → 1900 Aust.
► BEACH BUM a tramp or idler who spends his time on a beach → 1962 sl.
► BEACHCOMBER a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks; a tramp who frequents docks and waterfront areas → 1908 US tramps’ sl.
► BEATER a tramp → 1965 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
► BENCH-FLOPPER a tramp, a vagrant → 1917 US sl.
► BENCH-WARMER a tramp, a vagrant → 1927 US sl.
► BENE COVE a tramp → 1835 UK criminals’ sl.
► BIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose ‘beat’ focuses on the rivers of New South Wales → M19 Aust. sl.
► BIG STIFF a tramp, a hobo → 1989 sl. (Bk.)
► BIMBO a young tramp in the depression of the 1930s, usually with an implication of homosexuality → 1966 Aust. sl.
► BINDLE BO a tramp, spec. one carrying a bedroll; formerly a migrant worker → 1930 US sl.
► BINDLE BUM 1. a tramp, spec. one carrying a bedroll; formerly a migrant worker → 1950 US sl.
2. a tramp or hobo who is a drug addict → 1959 drug addicts’ sl. 
► BINDLE-MAN a tramp who carries a bindle, a bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll → 1900 US & Can. sl.
► BINDLE PUNK a tramp → 1936 US sl.
► BINDLE-STIFF a tramp or vagrant who carries a bindle, a bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll; formerly a migrant worker → 1897 US sl.
► BIRD OF PASSAGE a tramp, a wanderer, a vagrant → 1895 sl.
► BLANKET MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BLANKET STIFF a tramp, a migratory labourer who carries his belongings in a blanket roll or other bundle → 1872 Amer. Hobo & West. sl.
► BLISTER a female tramp or hobo → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE-CAT a young hobo → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BO a tramp → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BOO a tramp → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BUM a tramp, a vagrant → 1864 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BUMMIE a tramp, a hobo, a transient → 1970 US railroad sl. (Bk.)
► CADGE a tramp, a young peddler, a hawker; a beggar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CADGER a tramp, a beggar, a scrounger, a loafer → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CAIRD ► KAIRD a tramp, a gypsy, a vagrant → 1663 Sc.
► CAMP DOG a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► CATTER a tramp who clings to the outside of railway cars → 1916 criminals’ sl.
► CHRONEER a tramp who begs food rather than money → 1909 US tramps’ sl.
► CHRONIC a tramp who begs food rather than money → 1909 US tramps’ sl.
► CHRONICER ► CHRONICKER 1. a tramp who begs food rather than money → 1909 US tramps’ sl.
2. an ill-natured tramp → 1927 US sl.
► CINDER-SIFTER a tramp, esp. one travelling along the railroads → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CODGE a tramp, a vagrant → L19 sl.
► CRUMBUM ► CRUMB-BUM a tramp or hobo, a bum → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CURSITOR a tramp, a vagabond; one who wanders about the country → 1567 obs.
► DANGLER a tramp who travels by hanging onto the rails and similar handgrips beneath a passenger coach → 1916 US tramps’ sl.
► DARLING WHALER an itinerant tramp whose ‘beat’ focuses on the rivers of New South Wales → M19 Aust. sl.
► DEADBEAT a tramp or hobo riding free on a train → 20C Amer. sl.
► DEAD ONE a reformed or retired tramp → 1900s US criminals’ sl.
► DING an alcoholic tramp or beggar → M20 US tramps’ sl.
► DINGBAT an alcoholic tramp or beggar → 1918 US tramps’ sl.
► DINGER a tramp, a vagabond, a bum, a worthless person → 1927 Amer. dial.
► DINO a tramp, a vagrant → 1918 US sl.
► DOSSER a tramp, a vagrant → 1866 Brit. sl.
► DOWNRIGHTER a tramp, a beggar → 1930s sl.
► DRUMMER a tramp, a vagrant → 1888 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DYNO a tramp, a vagrant → 1918 US sl.
► FAIRY a young boy tramp who accompanies an older homosexual tramp → 1927 sl.
► FLEABAG a tramp → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FUZZBEARD a young tramp or boy, esp. one whose beard has not properly grown → 1977 US tramps’ sl.
► FUZZFACE a young tramp or boy, esp. one whose beard has not properly grown → 1908 US tramps’ sl.
► FUZZY TAIL 1. the lowest category of vagrant or tramp → 1918 US tramps’ sl.
2. an ill-humoured tramp → 1926 US sl.
► GABERLOONIE a tramp or travelling beggar; a licensed beggar or mendicant → 1853 Sc.
► GABERLUNZIE MAN a tramp or travelling beggar; a licensed beggar or mendicant → a1700 Sc.
► GAGGER a tramp, a beggar, one who uses ‘true’ stories to enhance the basic beggar’s entreaties → 1884 sl.
► GAG-MAKER a tramp who begs his way with pitiful tales → 1886 UK sl.
► GANDY DANCER a tramp, a petty crook → 1910s US sl.
► GANDY STIFF a tramp who works only occasionally and then only for a day or two at a time → 1918 US sl.
► GANGER a tramp, a beggar, a vagrant, a hawker → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANGERAL ► GANGEREL ► GANGREL ► GANGRIL ► GANGRILL a tramp, a vagrant, a vagabond; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler → a1450
► GANGING BODY a tramp, a beggar, a vagrant → 1884 Sc.
► GANGING MAN a tramp, a beggar, a vagrant → 1895 Sc. obs.
► GATE-GANGER a tramp, a travelling hawker → 1871 Sc. obs.
► GAY-CAT a tramp or hobo; one who is not typical or wise to the ways of hobo life, as a newcomer; a hobo willing to accept itinerant work; a hobo who is considered eccentric or unacceptable by his fellows → 1893 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► GAY-CATTER a young or inexperienced tramp, esp. one who acts as a scout; a hobo who accepts occasional work → 1929 sl.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD a tramp → 1904 sl.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE SWAG a tramp → 1947 NZ sl.
► GINK a tramp who worked seasonally or occasionally → 1915 US tramps’ sl.
► GOOK a tramp → 1900s sl.
► HA’PENNY STAMP a tramp → 2004 Brit. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► HAMBURGER a tramp, hobo or mendicant → 1998 US sl. (Bk.)
► HAYBAG a female tramp or hobo or camp follower → 1877 Amer. dial., derogatory
► HEATHER-CAT a tramp, a vagabond → 1886
► HIDE-I’-THE-HEATHER a tramp, a wanderer → 1898 Sc.
► HIGHJACKER 1. a tramp who robs other tramps → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
2. a tramp → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HOBO a tramp, a vagrant, an itinerant worker, often using the US rail system as a means of free transport → 1889 US sl.
► HOOJEE a really dirty or frightening tramp → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HURRICANE LAMP a tramp, a vagrant → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► INSPECTOR an itinerant tramp or hobo → 1942 Amer. dial.
► JACK a tramp → 1930 Amer. sl.
► JAVEL a tramp, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow → a1300 obs.
► JESUS GUY a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion → 20C sl.
► JEW CHUM a tramp → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘bum’, usually derogatory
► JOCKER a tramp who is accompanied by a youth who begs for him and may act as his catamite → 1893 N. Amer. sl.
► KEDGER a tramp, a loafer, a beggar → 1835 Eng. dial.
► KEYHOLE WHISTLER a person who sleeps in a barn or outhouse; a tramp, a vagrant → 1830 UK sl., obs.
► LAND-LOPER a wandering tramp; a vagrant → E17 sl.
► LAND-LUBBER a wandering tramp; a vagrant → E17 sl.
► LAND-RAKER a tramp, a vagrant → L16 sl.
► LEFTY a tramp who has lost one or both limbs on the left side of the body → 1918 US
► LIGHTHOUSE a tramp acquainted with the police or with their methods → 1932 cant
► LUSHBUM an alcoholic tramp → 1940s US sl.
► MATILDA-WALTZER a tramp → L19 Aust. sl.
► MILESTONE-MONGER a person who likes to roam; a tramp → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► MISSION BUM a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion → 1924 US sl.
► MISSION KID a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion → 20C sl
► MISSION SHARK a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion → 1906 US sl. 
► MISSION STIFF a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion → 20C sl.
► MOPER a tramp → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► MOPING ARTIST a tramp → 1930 US sl.
► MOVER a tramp, one who keeps moving around → 1890 Can. tramps’ sl. 
► MUMPER a tramp, a vagrant → 1673 sl.
► MURRAY WHALER an itinerant tramp whose ‘beat’ focuses on the rivers of New South Wales → M19 Aust. sl.
► MURRUMBIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose ‘beat’ focuses on the rivers of New South Wales → M19 Aust. sl.
► NEEDY a tramp, a vagrant → 1861 sl.
► NEEDY MIZZLER a tramp who leaves without paying for his lodging → 1864 sl. (Bk.)
► NEW a novice within the hobo community → 1929 US tramps’ sl.
► NO-COUNT a tramp → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NOWHERIAN any person deemed unrespectable; a layabout, an unkempt-looking person who is characterized as a tramp → 1960 W. Indies sl.
► OKIE a tramp, a vagrant → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► OLD STAGER a master tramp → 1927 criminals’ sl.
► OUTIE a vagrant, a tramp → 1974 S. Afr. sl.
► OVERLANDER a tramp → 1898 Aust. sl.
► PAD a tramp → 1754 sl.
► PADDER a tramp; a vagrant → 1854 Eng. dial. 
► PADDY a tramp → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PARAFFIN (LAMP) a tramp, a homeless person; used as an insult for someone in need of a wash → 1997 UK rhyming sl.
► PASSENGER STIFF a tramp who rides passenger or fast freight trains → L19 US sl.
► PASTY-FOOT a tramp; a ghost, demon → 1897 Eng. dial. 
► PENNY STAMP a tramp → 1984 Brit. rhyming sl.
► PIKE a tramp → c1860 cant obs.
► PIKER a tramp or a vagrant → 1838 Eng. dial. & sl.
► PIKEY a tramp; a Gypsy → M19 sl.
► POKEY STIFF a tramp who subsists on nothing but handouts → 1910s US tramps’ sl.
► PRUSHON ► PRUSHUN a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNK a boy tramp or child hobo → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAILRIDER a tramp, a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RAMBLER ► RAMBLER WOLF a tramp who travels on passenger trains → 1910s US tramps’ sl.
► RATTLER a tramp who rides on freight cars → 1916 US criminals’ sl.
► RING-TAIL a tramp, a vagrant → 1927 US sl.
► ROAD KID a young tramp → 1970 sl.
► RODMAN ► ROD RIDER ► RODSMAN a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► SCADGAN a tramp; a disreputable-looking fellow → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCADGE a tramp → 1996 Sc. sl. 
► SCOWBANKER a tramp; a swagman; a loafer → 1898 Aust. sl.
► SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow → 1828 Amer. dial.
► SHOOLER a wanderer, a vagrant, a tramp, a rover → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► SHOVEL BUM a city tramp → 1894 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SITTER a tramp who, lacking any alternative accommodation, sits in a tenement hallway → 1890 US sl.
► SKANKER an alcoholic tramp → 1997 sl.
► SKIPPER a tramp, a vagrant → 1925 Brit. sl.
► SKULL BANKER a tramp; a swagman; a loafer → 1898 Aust. sl.
► SLAG a tramp, a vagrant → 1955 sl.
► SNOWBIRD an impoverished tramp who enlists in the army as the winter arrives in order to get food and shelter for the next few months, then deserts when the warmer weather returns → 1900s US sl.
► SPIKE-RANGER a tramp who wanders from one ‘spike’ (lodging house) to another → M19 sl.
► SPLINTER BELLY a tramp who works as a part-time carpenter → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► STEW-BUM a tramp who is habitually drunk → 1902 US sl.
► STIFF a tramp, a hobo. a vagabond → 1900 US sl.
► STRAVAGANT a tramp, a vagrant, a vagabond → 1592 obs.
► STRULL a female tramp → 20C Amer. dial. or colloq.
► STUMBLE-BUM a tramp or hobo, possibly an alcoholic tramp → M20 US sl.
► SUNDOWNER a tramp who makes a practice of arriving at a station about sundown under the pretense of seeking work, so as to obtain food and a night’s lodging → 1875 Aust. colloq.
► SWAGGIE a tramp → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SWAGMAN a tramp, a hobo, a vagabond → 1875 Aust. sl.
► SWAMPER a tramp who travels on foot but has his swag carried on a wagon; a tramp who obtains a lift → 1894 Aust. sl.
► TANYEL a tramp → 1930 Sc. 
► TARTAR a tramp, a strolling vagabond, a thief, beggar → 1598 cant obs.
► TINKER a tramp, a vagabond; a reputed thief → 1561 obs.
► TOE-RAGGER a tramp, a vagrant → 1891 Aust. sl.
► UHLAN a tramp → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► URNABOUT a tramp, an itinerant, a vagabond → 1884 Eng. dial. 
► VAG a tramp, a vagabond, a vagrant; a homeless person → 1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
► VAGABONDAGER a tramp, a vagabond; one who practices vagabondage (idle or unconventional wandering or travelling, vagabondism → 1813
► VAGRANT a tramp, idle loafer, or itinerant beggar; a member of a class of persons who having no settled home or regular work wander from place to place, and maintain themselves by begging or in some other dishonest or disreputable way → 1444
► VAGROM a tramp, a vagrant, a vagabond → 1599
► VENT MAN a tramp; a street person → 2000s US sl.
► WAGAND a tramp, a vagrant, a vagabond → 1614 obs.
► WALER ► WHALER a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant → 1878 Aust.
► WALKER a tramp, an itinerant beggar, a vagrant, a vagabond → 1850 Eng. dial.
► WALLY a tramp who stays within a given radius of his home town → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► WANDERING WILLIE a tramp, a vagrant → 1895 US sl. 
► YAP a novice within the tramp community → 1929 US tramps’ sl.
► YEG ► YEGG a tramp with criminal tendencies → 1912 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► BIMBO a younger male homosexual companion of a tramp → 1996 Aust. depression sl. (Bk.)
► DADDY the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps’ lodging house or casual ward → M19 sl.
► GAZOCK ► GAZOOK a tramp’s young (homosexual) companion → 1933 US tramps’ sl.
► GAZOONEY ► GAZOONIE ► GAZOONY a young, homosexual sidekick who accompanies a tramp → 1918 US tramps’ sl.
► KID LAMB a tramp’s catamite → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► MONKEY a non-tramp; a member of the public → 1929 US tramps’ sl.
► STRULL a tramp’s woman → 20C Amer. dial. or colloq.
► WALKING MORT a tramp or gypsy’s woman → 1904 sl.  (Bk.)

VERBS
► CARRY THE STICK to live as a hobo, on the streets → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHASE THE SUN to live as a tramp → 1940s Aust. sl.
► HIT THE WALLABY to set off down the road, as a tramp → M19 Aust. sl.
► HOBO to live or travel as a tramp → L19 US sl.
► HOOF THE PAD to live as a tramp, to go on the tramp → 1910 Aust. sl.
► JAW ON THE DRUM to go on the road → 1896 tramps’ sl. (Bk.)
► JAW ON THE TOBY to go on the road → 1896 tramps’ sl. (Bk.)
► JUNGLE to prepare a meal at a hoboes’ camp; to form such a camp; to join forces with another person → 1922
► JUNGLE UP to share a campsite with other tramps, to live in a tramps’ encampment, to cook up a meal → 1910s US tramps’ sl.
► LIVE OFF THE LAND to live the life of a tramp → L19 Aust. colloq.
► PACK to live as a tramp, travelling the country → L19 sl.
► PAD to travel as a tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute → 1610 sl.
► TAKE TO THE ROAD to turn tramp, highwayman, or beggar → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► WALK MATILDA to go on the tramp, carrying one’s pack → L19 Aust. sl.