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Hobohemia 73: He lived on the [...] simplest fare himself and when solicited gave his brother only ‘coffee and—’.at coffee-and, n.
Hobohemia 73: He lived on the [...] simplest fare himself and when solicited gave his brother only ‘coffee and—’. Hobohemia 22: Scarcely had the soul aviator (that was the name the mission preacher was known by) begun to hand out angel-food (and that was the name his sermon was known by) than not a few drowsed off to sleep.at angel food (n.) under angel, n.
Hobohemia 23: And they ‘carried the banner,’ i.e. walked the streets all night, and there was a sleety drizzle too.at carry the banner (v.) under banner, n.
Hobohemia 26: The barrel houses had opened their doors for free drinks to the dozen men or women who first presented themselves.at barrelhouse, n.
Hobohemia 68: The roving ‘bug’ holding down the soapbox near the invaluable drinking fountain is Mr. Johnson, Triphammer Johnson to be exact.at bug, n.4
Hobohemia 67: This matchless Bug House Square in the heart of Chicago, a pocket edition of Greenwich Village, is a city block, really square, on the near north side where the Gold Coast meets the slums.at bughouse square, n.
Hobohemia 25: Do you know that there are classes among the unemployed as well as among the employed? The unemployed is a worker without a job; the hobo is a homeless, migratory worker; the tramp is a migratory nonworker motivated by desire for adventure; the bum is a stationary nonworker often addicted to drink or drugs; a vagrant is a person without any visible means of support.at bum, n.3
Hobohemia 27: Pawn shops [...] were not unfrequently fences for stolen goods.at fence, n.1
Hobohemia 14: A new job is listed, ‘Flunky Wanted,’ six dollars a week and board.at flunky, n.2
Hobohemia 47: Some of his associates are ‘gaggers’ who get their living — a scanty one — by telling tales.at gagger, n.1
Hobohemia 25: Some of his associates are ‘griddlers,’ getting their living by singing in the streets.at griddler, n.
Hobohemia 25: He is suffering from a disease, ‘won’t-work-itis’.at -itis, sfx
Hobohemia 21: Not all bums are mission stiffs but all mission stiffs are bums; and bums are the best patrons of rescue missions.at mission stiff (n.) under mission, n.
Hobohemia 25: Others are ‘moochers’ who get the sort of living they have by begging outright.at moocher, n.
Hobohemia 21: He would all but sell his soul for punk and gut (bread and bologna) and a flop.at punk and gut (n.) under punk, n.3
Hobohemia 68: Interspersed are mansions, pretentious and of long standing, a ritzy residential section.at ritzy, adj.
Hobohemia 80: We are radicals, pickpockets, second-story men and thinkers.at second-storey man (n.) under second, adj.
Hobohemia 22: Scarcely had the soul aviator (that was the name the mission preacher was known by) begun to hand out angel-food (and that was the name his sermon was known by) than not a few drowsed off to sleep.at skypilot (n.) under sky, n.1
Hobohemia 24: This mission flophouse where the hungry men were to be fed with slumgullion (the tramp’s name for Irish stew).at slumgullion, n.
Hobohemia 87: In such vile and loathsome spots the ‘stripper’ is omnipresent and there are everywhere evidences of grossly radical sex practices.at stripper, n.2
Hobohemia 15: The majority of these migratory workers are members of the Industrial Workers of the World — ‘Wobblies.’.at wobbly, n.1
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