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Noun: bindlestiff  'bin-dul,stif
Usage: US
  1. 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]
     
  2. 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