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This list of words and phrases is in no sense complete. It is a  work in progress. It grows larger almost daily. Many terms began in  Hobohemia. The glossary is mainly to documente terms from the golden age  of the hobo, from the 1880's until World War One, and you may find some  contemporary hobo, railroad and homeless terms as well.
           Examples included from the following: American Tramp and Underworld Slang:  Words and phrases used by hoboes, tramps, migratory workers and those  on the fringes of society, with their uses and origins, with a number of  tramp songs edited, with essays on the slang and the songs by  Godfrey Irwin, Editor. With a terminal essay on American slang in its  relation to English thieves' slang, by Eric Partridge. Published 1931 by  E. Partridge, Ltd. at the Scholartis Press in London are labeled...  “Source: American Tramp and Underworld Slang.”
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