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The hobo bag is a style of handbag or purse that is typically large and characterized by a crescent shape, a slouchy posture and a long strap designed to wear over the shoulder. [1] Hobo bags are made out of soft, flexible materials and tend to slump, or slouch, when set down.
Michael L. "Mike" Fry (October 25, 1960 – November 4, 2012) was an American serial entrepreneur, entertainer, trainer and marketing expert.He was the original Happy the Hobo on the children's television series Happy's Place, and the creative mind behind and owner of Fancy Fortune Cookies.
Two hoboes, one carrying a bindle, walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train (c. 1880s –1930s). A hobo is homeless 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.
[26] Thatcher's bag was almost as newsworthy an item as she was herself and on the day she died, one of her handbag-makers saw a sharp rise in sales of her favorite structured design. The original bag Thatcher asserts on a signed card was the one "used every day in my time at Downing Street" [23] is archived at Churchill College, Cambridge ...
The bindle is colloquially known as the blanket stick, particularly within the Northeastern hobo community. A hobo who carried a bindle was known as a bindlestiff. According to James Blish in his novel A Life for the Stars, a bindlestiff was specifically a hobo who had stolen another hobo's bindle, from the colloquium stiff, as in steal.
Dave Cooke (born c. 1954) [1] is the founder of two charities: Operation Christmas Child and Teams4U.. Cooke founded the charity Operation Christmas Child (now Samaritan's Purse) in 1990 [2] and developed, then worked for, the biggest shoebox programme in the world.
YouTube Movies & TV is a video on demand service that offers movies and television shows for purchase or rental, depending on availability, along with a selection of movies (encompassing between 100 and 500 titles overall) that are free to stream, with interspersed ad breaks. YouTube began offering free-to-view movie titles to its users in ...
The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 well-known film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 until 1965 in syndication , and was revived for a popular second run on CTV , spanning six seasons, from October 11, 1979, until March 7, 1985.