单词 | hobo bag |
释义 | > as lemmashobo bag hobo bag n. originally U.S. (a) a bundle used to carry a person's belongings, made from a square of fabric with the corners tied together, typically attached to the end of a stick and esp. associated with hobos; (b) (originally) a pouch-like woman's handbag resembling such a bundle, sometimes attached to a rod-like handle; (now) a large shoulder bag having a soft body that forms a characteristic curve between the two ends of the strap. ΚΠ 1928 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 23 Dec. ii. 12/5 The scout neckerchief may be used: 1. As an international Morse signal flag... 27. As a ‘hobo’ bag. 1934 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 2 July 9/6 The hobo bag, for the beach, is a faithful reproduction of the traveling equipment of the gentlemen of the side-door pullmans... Gay young things like to sling the stick over their shoulder in the approved hobo fashion. 1943 Huntington (Pa.) Daily News 1 May 6/1 The hobo bag, a huge affair of leather or fabrics gathered by its four corners as a hobo gathers his handkerchief, is very new-looking and big enough for ration books and all the plunder women accumulate. 1963 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard 20 July 18 (advt.) The newest accessory a girl just can't do without the swingy, bottomless hobo bag. 1996 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 7 Nov. d1 After more than two decades of stuffing the necessities of everyday life into a bag, [and] slinging it over their shoulders,..women are trading in their hobo bags for smaller, shaped handbags. 2006 J. Coburn Tales from Crib (2008) viii. 63 Anjoli loves to talk about her ‘running away’ to Greenwich Village, but she didn't exactly tie a hobo bag to a stick and hitchhike through the tunnel. < as lemmas |
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