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bindlestiff

noun
/ˈbɪnd(ə)lstɪf/UK

Etymology

From bindle + stiff.

  1. inherited from *steypós✻
  2. inherited from *stīfaz✻
  3. inherited from *stīf✻
  4. inherited from stīf
  5. inherited from stiff
  6. compounded as bindlestiff — “bindle + stiff”

Definitions

  1. A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions.

    • And before he knew it he was a bindlestiff himself.
    • She had been born in Tucson, mother full-blooded Cherokee, father a bindlestiff on his way through.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA