Stroller vs Hobo - What's the difference?
stroller | hobo |
A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.
One who strolls.
A vagrant.
* 1771 , Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker , Penguin Classics, 1985, p.41:
Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver necktie, and a grey, black or buff waistcoat.
A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails.
A migratory laborer
(pejorative) A tramp, vagabond; hence bum
To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
As a noun stroller
is a seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.stroller
English
(Baby transport)Noun
(en noun)- The mayor observed that it was great presumption in Wilson, who was a stroller , to proceed to such extremities with a gentleman of family and fortune; and threatened to commit him on the vagrant act.
Synonyms
* (UK) pushchair * (UK) baby buggySee also
* pram * pusherAnagrams
*hobo
English
(wikipedia hobo)Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
* Often used attributively, as if an adjective. For example, "hobo stew", "he was leading a hobo life."Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* hobohemia * hoboism * hobo spider * hobo stoveVerb
(en verb)- Joe idly hoboed''' through half the country till he realized ' hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.