Definition of Tramp

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Definition of Tramp

Tramp

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

To travel; to wander; to stroll.

A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.

The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.

A tool for trimming hedges.

A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

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Tramp Quotations

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.
Henry David Thoreau

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
Dolly Parton

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.
Joan Rivers

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
Charlie Chaplin

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
Beatrice Wood

Tramp Translations

tramp in French is clochard, chemineau
tramp in German is Landstreicher, Strauchdieb, Landstreicher
tramp in Italian is vagabondaggio
tramp in Spanish is golondrino, puta, paso pesado, vagabundo
tramp in Swedish is lastfartyg, luffare, landstrykare

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