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hobos, tramps, & bums

Amongst the homeless, there's a hierarchy~hobos will work, tramps only if they feel like it, & bums, not at all, ever.
I've met lots of hobos, tramps, & bums & was very surprised that they classify themselves differently!
Related Words

Trampoosing 

Walking with extreme difficulty due to the prevailing conditions underfoot. Having to expend large amounts of energy walking through deep snow or heavy mud.
We’ll be trampoosing, the snow’s waist deep.
Trampoosing by AKACroatalin January 8, 2017

Tunkhannock Tramp 

I met the slut in an internet chat room. After a few weeks, I hooked up with her in a hotel room in Wilkes-Barre. She couldn't get enough of my hose. She wanted it so much she left her kids and husband for it. What a Tunkhannock Tramp.

Trampley 

When someone is doing too much or doing the most. - foreverkelz
That bitch Trampley.

Saddle Tramp 

In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.

A modern day saddle tramp is a person who wanders from place to place on a motorcycle.
Man: hey, who's that guy that just walked into the bar?

Bartender: looks like a saddle tramp, wonder where he's drifting off till next?
Saddle Tramp by White Wolfe June 26, 2018

Rubber Tramp 

A person that lives full time in their RV or Van and works and lives on the road to explore and follow their wanderlust