What is the difference amongst a hobo, tramp, and bum?

leith90

A hobo is a migratory worker, long holidays, but he does work. A tramp is pathologically allergic to work and avoids it at all cost. A bum is the lowest of the low. He has no desire to travel and even less for work. The only people with the power to move a bum are the boys in blue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo Sep 27 10, 6:55 AM

Baloo55th

You can't sit on a hobo or a tramp.... Sep 27 10, 3:50 PM

star_gazer

A hobo is a man who travels to find work, a tramp is a man who travels but refuses to work, and a bum is a man who won't travel and won't work. http://www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/ Sep 27 10, 11:15 PM