hobo synonymous with panhandler or beggar

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

I once ran across the following and have used it ever since to govern my own usage:

A tramp is a migratory worker.
A hobo is a migratory non-worker.
A bum is a non-migratory non-worker.

     - James A. Landau

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