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A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as a ... until 2018, [12] had a specific definition for "tramps", which was a criminal offense ...
Two hoboes, one carrying a bindle, walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train (c. 1880s –1930s). A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. [1] [2] Hoboes, tramps, and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; a bum neither travels nor works.
Tramp (band), a British blues band; Tramp (Swedish band) The Trammps, an early disco band (fl. 1972–1983) Tramp a 2012 album by Sharon Van Etten "The Tramp" (song), a 1913 song by Joe Hill "Tramp" (The Stranglers song), a 1981 song by British rock group The Stranglers "Tramp" (Lowell Fulson song), also recorded by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
Tramp ship owners and tramp ship charterers rely on brokers to find cargoes for their ships to carry. [1] A broker understands international trade conditions, the movements of goods, market prices and the availability of the owner's ships. The Baltic Exchange, in London, is the physical headquarters for tramp ship brokerage. [1]
In ecology, a tramp species is an organism that has been spread globally by human activities. The term was coined by William Morton Wheeler in the bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History in 1906, used to describe ants that “have made their way as well known tramps or stow-aways [sic] to many islands". [ 1 ]
A saddle tramp is a person who wanders from place to place on horseback. One of the most famous saddle tramps was Mesannie Wilkins ; a 63-year-old farmer who made national headlines by traveling over 5,000 miles across the United States from Maine to California by horseback.
The name was coined by Jared Diamond in 1974, as an allusion to both the itinerant lifestyle of the tramp, and the then-popular band Supertramp. Although Diamond originally applied the term only to birds, the term has since been applied to insects and reptiles as well, among others; any species which can migrate can be a supertramp.
Tramp (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Tramping; All pages with titles containing Tramping This page was last edited on 26 ...