Examples of “hobo” in a Sentence

noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.

• The old song tells of a hobo who dreams of a warm bed.
• In the story, a hobo shares his coffee beside the tracks.
• During the Great Depression, many hobos rode the rails looking for work.

noun A large, slouchy handbag.

• She tossed her keys, wallet, and a book into her roomy hobo and headed out.
• The store sells a soft suede hobo in several colors this season.
• She carried a brown leather hobo bag over one shoulder.
• Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos. — Susan Ludwig, Janice Steinberg (1989)