Noun: bindlestiff 'bin-dul,stif
Usage: US
Usage: US
- A worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
"bindlestiffs followed the harvest from state to state";
- hobo [N. Amer, informal], migrant worker, skell [US, informal]
- A homeless person or vagrant
"a homeless bindlestiff";
- tramp, hobo [N. Amer, informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], skell [US, informal]
Derived forms: bindlestiffs
Type of: casual [Brit], casual worker, clochard, drifter, floater, temp [informal], temporary, temporary worker, vag [Austral, informal], vagabond, vagrant