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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.
Hobo jungle A well organised hobo encampment, maintained collectively by those that live there. Hobo jungles frequently offered a place for the hobo to lay his or her bindle, meals (cobbled together from food contributed by residents of the encampment), information about work, and music & song (provided by the hoboes themselves).
Warchalking symbols. Warchalking is the drawing of symbols in public places to advertise an open Wi-Fi network.Inspired by hobo symbols, the warchalking marks were conceived by a group of friends in June 2002 and publicised by Matt Jones who designed the set of icons and produced a downloadable document containing them.
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Charlie Chaplin famously played the role of the hobo in his 1915 film The Tramp. Hobo symbols are clandestine markings providing fellow travelers with vital information regarding safety and shelter. Dreyfuss' The Symbol Sourcebook and specifically the included hobo signs were part of Basquiat's often referenced book collection. [20]
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.
A FBI document obtained by Wikileaks details the symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify sexual preferences. According to the document members of pedophilic organizations use of ...
Pamela Anderson did not receive an Academy Award nomination for her star turn in "The Last Showgirl," and she's responding with grace. While recalling her career with Martha Stewart in an ...