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The Mother of the Hoboes choose

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[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 27. Alkee Stiff & 28. White Line Stiff. Confirmed consumers of alcohol.
at alky stiff (n.) under alky, adj.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 7: ‘Tramp A. No. 1’ — yours humbly, the author — was seen to board the ‘blind baggage’ of the Atlantic Express.
at blind, n.2
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 15 Blinky: train rider who lost one or both eyes.
at blink, n.1
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 58: The ‘boss man’ of every colored family [...] drove to town for a settlement with his creditors.
at boss man (n.) under boss, n.2
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 59: Jumping Cats! Quick, Silas, run and see if this advertisement concerns that funny-mugged dog critter.
at jumping cats!, excl.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 68: ‘What’s that you’re jabbering?’ Wabash Dan roughly inquired of the Celestial.
at celestial, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 32 Chronicker: hoboed [sic] with cooking utensils.
at chronicker, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 21 Straight Crip: actually crippled or otherwise afflicted. 22 Phoney Crip: self-mutilated or simulating a deformity.
at straight crip (n.) under crip, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 17: The runaway husband had met with his just deserts by being consigned to Davy Jones’ locker.
at Davy Jones’s locker, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 33. Stew Bum 34 Ding Bat 35 Fuzzy Tail 36 Grease Ball 37 Jungle Buzzard the dregs of vagrantdom.
at dingbat, n.7
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 38 Shine or Dingy: colored vagabond.
at dinge, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 40. Dino or Dynamiter. Sponged food of fellow hobos.
at dino, n.1
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 5. Dummy: pretended to be deaf and dumb.
at dummy, n.1
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 14 Fingy or Fingers: train rider who lost one or more fingers.
at fingy, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 67: Tonight we’ll freight it down to New Orleans.
at freight (it), v.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 33. Stew Bum 34. Ding Bat 35. Fuzzy Tail 36. Grease Ball 37. Jungle Buzzard – the dregs of vagrantdom.
at fuzzy tail (n.) under fuzzy, adj.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 72: ‘That’s where we got hold of this chow,’ Wabash Dan asserted with spirit, confirming the statement of the gandy stiff.
at gandy stiff, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: Gink or Gandy Stiff: occasionally labored, a day or two at the most.
at gandy stiff, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 39 Gay Cat: employed as scout by criminal tramps.
at gaycat, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: Gink or Gandy Stiff: occasionally labored, a day or two at the most. [Ibid.] 61: ‘This must be a training quarter for circus dogs,’ observed the gink.
at gink, n.1
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps 47 Gonsil.
at gonsel, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 44: The Rating Of The Tramps [...] 42 Gun Moll: dangerous woman tramp.
at gun moll, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 20 Halfy: train rider who losts [sic] both legs above knee.
at halfy, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 79: I become aflaid of Melican high-binders and we had chased them flom the laudry.
at highbinder, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 57: The ‘fivers,’ the aristocrats of the kiyoodles.
at kiyoodle, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 19 Lefty: train rider who lost left arm and leg.
at lefty, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 17 Mitts: train rider who lost one or both hands.
at mitt, n.
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 29: I was led to the ‘rogues’ gallery’ to be ‘mugged’.
at mug, v.1
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 7. Mush Faker. 8. Mush Rigger: umbrella mender who learned trade in penal institution. [Ibid.] 82: They found a razor they knew to have belonged to Boston Whitey, the mush faker.
at mush-faker (n.) under mush, n.3
[US] ‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 43: The Rating Of The Tramps. 13 Peg: train rider who lost a foot.
at peg, n.1
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