bindle stiff

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English - English
hobos, misfits, criminals, wanderers or drifting harvest workers; so-called because they carry a "bindle"

Quotation: used in Of Mice and Men.

bindlestiff
A tramp (hobo) who carries a bedroll or a bundle of possessions

AP Finance was tucked somewhere between South Central and the vestigial river, hometown of Indians and bindlestiffs and miscellaneous drinkers of Midnight Special .