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Hobo Jargon
benny - overcoat
bum - a vagrant drinker and conman
bumpers - narrow platforms between
train cars
gat - six-shooter (gun)
gaycat* - a hobo who searches for work and intends on finding
permanent work.
goat - a Catholic priest
hobo* - those who rode the rails illegally and worked
on farms or in the mines and cities.
hobo jungle - area near a railroad stop where hobos stay
temporarily.
horstyle - hostile
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jug - to arrest
knowledge box - school house
lump - a hand out of food
section gang - a work crew for one
section of track
shack - railroad breakman
sit down - a meal where one is invited to sit down and
eat.
scoff - to eat
tramp - a dreamer and wanderer
vag - vagrant, vagabond
*Sandburg considered himself these.
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