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clodo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hobo noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
  • transient adj Lasting only a short time; passing quickly.
  • vagrant noun A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place, often begging or living on the street.
  • wino noun Informal, often disparaging: someone who drinks cheap wine or alcohol heavily and habitually, especially a homeless alcoholic.

Senses

clodo is used for these senses in English:

  • hobo (North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
  • transient A homeless person.
  • vagrant (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
  • wino (pejorative, especially) Such a drunkard who is homeless.

hobo — full definition

  1. noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
  2. noun A large, slouchy handbag.

transient — full definition

  1. adj Lasting only a short time; passing quickly.
  2. noun A person who stays somewhere only briefly, such as a traveller or migrant worker.

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