hobo
/ˈhəʊbəʊ/noun
उच्चारण होबो
आवारा, ख़ानाबदोश मज़दूर, बेघर घुमक्कड़
Core word
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[C] North American, old-fashioned
a person who travels from place to place looking for work, especially on trains, or who has no home and no money
आवारा, ख़ानाबदोश मज़दूर, बेघर घुमक्कड़
- The film tells the story of a hobo travelling across America by train.
- A hobo slept on the platform bench with his small bundle under his head.
- The old hobo told stories of towns he had never stayed in for long.
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- A hobo asked the farmer for work in return for food.
- In the song, the hobo dreams of a warm bed.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a hobo (countable noun, chiefly North American)
A hobo is a person who travels from place to place looking for work, often by train, and has no fixed home.
'Hobo' वह व्यक्ति है जो काम की तलाश में एक जगह से दूसरी जगह जाता है, प्रायः रेल से, और जिसका कोई स्थायी घर नहीं होता।
- The old film shows a hobo jumping onto a goods train.
- The hobo slept under the bridge.
hobo vs tramp / vagrant
Hobo suggests a wandering worker; tramp is more British and vagrant is more formal and negative.
'Hobo' घूमते हुए मज़दूर का संकेत देता है; 'tramp' अधिक ब्रिटिश है और 'vagrant' अधिक औपचारिक व नकारात्मक है।
- Some hobos took seasonal farm work in the harvest.
hobo + noun
As a modifier, hobo can describe a style: hobo bag, hobo stew.
Modifier के रूप में 'hobo' शैली बताता है: hobo bag, hobo stew।
- She carries a soft hobo bag to college.
live / travel like a hobo
Like a hobo describes a simple, wandering way of living.
'Like a hobo' सादा, भटकते हुए जीवन का वर्णन करता है।
- He travelled like a hobo for a year, taking odd jobs.
hobo vs migrant worker
A hobo is traditionally a wandering worker without a home; a migrant worker moves for seasonal jobs but usually has a home to return to.
'Hobo' पारंपरिक रूप से बिना घर का घूमने वाला मज़दूर है; 'migrant worker' मौसमी काम के लिए जाता है पर प्रायः उसका लौटने के लिए घर होता है।
- The migrant worker returned home for Holi; the hobo had no home to go to.
+Collocations 5
adjective + hobo
oldwanderingpennilesshomelessragged
- A ragged hobo sat by the station fire.
verb + hobo
becomemeetdress likelive liketravel as
- In the novel, the hero decides to travel as a hobo.
hobo + noun
bagcamplifesongstew
- She bought a leather hobo bag at the market.
hobo + place
hobo on a freight trainhobo by the roadsidehobo in the park
- A hobo on a freight train waved at the children.
hobo + background
during the Depressionin the American Westin old filmsin folk songs
- The hobo appears often in American folk songs.
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- The writer once lived as a hobo, moving from farm to farm for work.
लेखक कभी घुमक्कड़ मज़दूर के रूप में रहा, काम के लिए एक खेत से दूसरे खेत जाता हुआ।
- A hobo knocked at the door and asked for a cup of tea.
एक घुमक्कड़ ने दरवाज़ा खटखटाया और एक कप चाय माँगी।
- In the story, the hobo shares his bread with a stray dog.
कहानी में घुमक्कड़ अपनी रोटी एक आवारा कुत्ते के साथ बाँटता है।
- The film is about a hobo who finds a lost child.
फ़िल्म एक ऐसे घुमक्कड़ के बारे में है जिसे एक खोया हुआ बच्चा मिलता है।
- Radhika wrote an essay on the lives of hobos in early American novels.
राधिका ने आरंभिक अमेरिकी उपन्यासों में घुमक्कड़ मज़दूरों के जीवन पर निबंध लिखा।
- The soup was called hobo stew because it used whatever was available.
उस सूप को 'hobo stew' कहा जाता था क्योंकि उसमें जो भी उपलब्ध होता था, वही डाला जाता था।
- Radhika read a folk song about a hobo longing for home.
राधिका ने घर के लिए तरसते एक घुमक्कड़ के बारे में एक लोकगीत पढ़ा।
- Years later, the former hobo became a teacher in a small town.
वर्षों बाद वह पूर्व घुमक्कड़ एक छोटे कस्बे में शिक्षक बन गया।