Block - one who believes police mean well and sharks are good fellowsīlock scrapings - meat begged from a butcherīlowed-in-the-glass stiff - a) an upper-class tramp b) a true and trusted palīohunk - A Polish or other Slavic laborerīoil up - to wash clothes and kill any vermin thereinīoodle jail - a jail providing a good winter's lodgingīoomer - a) a transient railroad worker b) a seasonal or migratory workerīowery barometer - curbstone philosopher from the New York main stemīoxcar tramp - one who regularly rides boxcarsīridal chamber - a) a flop house where guests lie on the floor b) a miner's workplaceīridger - a train rider who has ridden both steam and diesel trainsīuck - a Catholic priest good for a dollarīull cook - a) a camp flunky b) a cook's helperīullets - beans, when poorly cooked and hardīull horrors - obsessive fear of the policeīull local - a freight which travels between divisions, often stopping at local yardsīum - a skid row alcoholic, infrequently found on freight trains, does not workīumpers - couplings between freight cars where hoboes sometime rideīundle tosser - a hobo harvest hand who pitches bundlesīuttermilker - a hobo from Pittsburgh, PAĬ. The Big Town - a) New York City b) Chicagoīindle - a bundle, bag, bedroll, or backpack carried by a hoboīindle stick - a stick used to carry a bindle over the shoulderīindle stiff - a) a hobo who carries his gear in a sack or bundle b) a hobo who carries his beddingīiscuit shooter - camp waiter or hash slingerīitter Biscuit Line - Piedmont divisions of the Southern RRīlack bottle - poison allegedly given to hoboes in hospitalsīlanket stiff - a hobo who carries his beddingīlind - the space between the engine and the mail or baggage carīlind baggage - hoboes who ride the blindīlinky - a train rider who lost one or both eyesīlisters - beggars who put chemicals on their limbs to simulate ugly sores Be patient while this page loads.Ĭompiled from many books on hoboes, and also some original material supplied to the author.Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĪlkee stiff - a tramp that consumed alcoholĪll Tramps Sent Free - Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe RRĪngel - a person who gives more than you expectĪngelina - a punk or road kid acting as a hobo's companionĪpple Butter Route - Norfolk and Western RR (southern Ohio)Īxle swinging - riding under a railroad carīadorder - a boxcar on its way to the repair yardīad road - a railroad or division where trainmen are especially hard on hoboesīall lump - sandwiches or cake wrapped up and handed to a trampīalloon - a pack or bedroll, carried over the back or shoulderīaraby - a genteel, quiet, respectful trampīarnacle - a fellow who sticks to one job a year or moreīarrel house - a cheap, filthy lodging houseīattleship - a high-sided steel coal car usually with a hopper or dump bottomīeefer - a) one who whines b) an informerīelly of a drag - the underside of a slow freight trainīelly robber - a boarding boss who tries to save money on foodīig Ole - a fellow who tries to show the boss how strong he isīig Rock Candy Mountain - the hobo's paradise Alpert OHNS webpages often have too many graphics/pictures to display swiftly. OHNS: A Dictionary of Old Hobo Slang −by Stephen P.
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