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‘The Moocher’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 224: Not everyone can pull / The ancient, wet-eye mooch act / On a big and husky bull.at pull a — act (v.) under act, n.
‘The Moocher’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 224: Not everyone can pull / The ancient, wet-eye mooch act / On a big and husky bull. ‘The Dealer Gets It All’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 150: With Alton Red, the alky stiff, sloppin’ up on Hopper’s Rye.at alky stiff (n.) under alky, adj.
‘The Dealer Gets It All’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 149: Yes, I’ve alkyeed up in jungles, and I’ve flopped in new mown hay.at alky up (v.) under alky, n.
‘The Stew-Bum’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 137: Pal, I ain’t a-stringin’ you.at string (along), v.
‘The Tropics’ Curse’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 199: ’Twas a case of riding a crooked race, / Or being an also ran.at also-ran, n.
‘The Boomer’s Blues’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 242: Met a little broad in ’Frisco, / Ast her to be my storm and strife.at storm (and strife), n.
‘Gila Monster Route’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 158: The con highballed, and the manifest freight / Pulled out on the stem behind the mail, / And she hit the ball on a sanded rail.at hit the ball, v.
‘The Great Amer. Bum’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 72: But my troubles pale when I hit the trail / A-packing my old balloon!at balloon, n.
‘Sweet Charity’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 229: Well, let him sleep, he needs it sure, / T’ree nights he’s packed the banner.at carry the banner (v.) under banner, n.
‘They Can’t Do That’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 233: And a fly-ball comes and drags you out / And fans you with a loaded bat.at bat, n.2
‘Gila Monster Route’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 160: But the john had a bindle – a worker’s plea, – / So they gave him a floater and set him free.at bindle, n.
‘Toledo Slim’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 193: I was an all ’round hustler, I trimmed the birdies right.at bird, n.1
‘The Timber-Beast’s Lament’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 114: And it’s ‘blanket-stiff’ and ‘jungle hound,’ / And ‘pitch him out the door’.at blanket stiff (n.) under blanket, n.
‘A Hard Road to Ride’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 247: So I’m on the blinds of the Flying Crow / And I’m going to ride her through.at blinds, n.
‘The Stew-Bum’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 136: ’Scuse me, pard, for hornin’ in, but I’m upon the blink. / Ain’t got a jitney in me kick, and dyin’ for a drink.at on the blink (adj.) under blink, n.1
‘Down in the Mohawk Valley’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 51: And then things all went blooey and they throwed me in the can.at go blooey (v.) under blooey!, excl.
‘The Dealer Gets It All’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 150: When old Justice Grimes espied us, and called the constabule, / Who tossed us in the booby, and took away our mule.at booby, n.3
‘The Boomer Shack’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 63: For Eastbound Jack, the boomer shack, / Was barred from Mexico!at boomer, n.3
‘The Hobo’s Last Lament’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 75: And when you wants a ride, / The Boss Con says, a-smilin’, / ‘Podner, won’t you get inside?’.at boss, n.2
‘The Dealer Gets It All’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 152: I’ve flopped out on cinders; in a hoosier knowledge box.at knowledge box, n.
‘De Night Before Christmas’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 259: Poor Slim and Canary and Idaho Dick / With breadbaskets empty was feelin’ some sick.at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
‘The Boomer Shack’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 64: They meant, without fear Pilsner beer / Was the brew on tap that day.at brew, n.
‘Hungry Man’s Canyon’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 218: Oh, my belly is just achin’ / For a couple of strips of bacon, / A hunk of punk and a little pot of brew.at brew, n.
Hobo’s Hornbook xiv: The jocker disciplines his apprentice by ‘putting the bug on him,’ which, in the lingo, means blistering him with cantharides or burning him with acid. These burns are utilized in begging.at put the bug on (v.) under bug, n.4
Hobo’s Hornbook 237: During the winter the hobo ‘bugs up’ in the city.at bug up (v.) under bug, v.2
‘The Dealer Gets It All’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 149: I’ve bugged-up, bo, and mush-faked – done time in old L.A.at bugged up, adj.1
‘Harvest Land’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 102: ‘Bull Durham’ will not buy our brawn – / You’re out of luck – poor Farmer John.at bull durham, n.
‘The Stew-Bum’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 137: Yes, ’twas a woman – and I give the moll the buzz.at give someone the buzz (v.) under buzz, n.
(con. 1890) ‘A Convention Song’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 26: There was Pete the Shive from Slapjack’s dive, / And Wino Bill from Cal.at Cal, n.
‘The Hobo’s Last Ride’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 132: We’ve coasted down through Sunny Cal.at Cal, n.
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