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as in hobos
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter
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as in prostitutes
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
elders in the roaring twenties who labeled flappers degenerates and tramps
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as in shuffles
to move heavily or clumsily
tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work
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as in strolls
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
we would have happily tramped through the forest for the rest of the day if it hadn't started to rain
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Wind and sirens intrude, followed by helicopter blades.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024 -
That has led to more sirens, signage and evacuation routes being set up along coastal communities in the United States, including parts of Northern California, which experienced a tsunami scare this month.—
Katrina Miller,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Tramps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tramps. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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