A local freight train. It may also carry passengers.

An old term for a caboose.

The encountering of danger, exciting and deangerious undertaking

Someone who travels alone rather than with other tramps.

Alcohol.

A clear track in a railroad yard.

Fried or stewed liver. Too costly now for hobos.

“Walk at a leisurely pace” (because, one imagines, of its similarity to the word “amble”), to ambulate is simply to walk.

They proudly proclaim themselves to be American Gypsies. They are families hoboing in wagons. They claim to be trading horses or moving from place to place. They often have a total absence of common h [..]

A hobo who has been across the nation many times.