bo follows the adventures of a highly intelligent German
shepherd named London, who wanders the country, befriending people in trouble
and helping to remedy their situation. He then declines their offer to adopt him
as a pet, leaves them, and continues his hobo life. Among the names given to
London by his human friends are Smoke, Einstein, Scout, Mr. Magic, Lucky,
Shadow, Buddy, Slapshot, Roamer, Crusoe, Ulysses, Hercules, Sinbad, and
Looking at the Web site, it looks to me as if the dog that played London was a
Alaskan Malamute - German shepherd cross or some other combination, not pure GSD.
Hope you enjoy the results of my research tonight! I should add a link to the
Little Hobo web site under my Dog Heroes category!
Barbara / WorkingDogWeb.com Feb
DEFINITIONS - TERMS AND RELATED WORDS:
* A tramp; vagrant.
* One who seeks to live off others.
* To live or acquire by begging and scavenging.
* To loaf.
[Possibly from German Bummler, loafer.]
BUMMING A RIDE: hitchhiking
To beg or get by begging.
[From Middle English cadgear, peddler.]
Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French corsaire pirate, from Old
ProvenĂ§al corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from
Latin cursus course- more at course
: pirate; especially : a privateer of the Barbary Coast
1 : a member of a traditionally itinerant people who originated in northern
India and now live chiefly in south and southwest Asia, Europe, and No. America
2 : romany 2
3 not capitalized : one that resembles a Gypsy; especially : wanderer
HITCHHIKING - To solicit a ride in a car by placing your thumb out.
KING OF THE ROAD
Song title, referring to a hobo
King of the Road - A Song by Roger Miller
My parents used to play this song on the new stereo in the house when I was
The reason my email is hoboontheroad! at
: an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping; also : a sailor
on such a ship
1. travel without a destination: to move from place to place, either without
a purpose or without a known destination
They wander the countryside looking for work.
2. leave a fixed path: to stray from a particular course
Don’t wander far from the path.
3. daydream: to lose the ability to concentrate on or listen to a particular
My mind was wandering.
4. take a curving path: to follow a winding course
The river wandered through the meadows.
5. stroll somewhere: to go somewhere at a leisurely pace
6. fail to think or speak clearly: to lose the ability to think, speak, or write
in an organized and coherent way
n (plural wan·ders)
aimless stroll: an aimless or leisurely moving from place to place
[Old English wandrian , from a prehistoric Germanic word meaning “turn,” which
also produced English wand]
The traditional beliefs, legends, and practices of a people, passed
RUBBER TRAMPS - A hobo maybe that gets on a bus more than a train
* One who travels aimlessly about; vagrant.
* To travel on foot; hike.
* A walking trip.
* A cargo vessel that has no regular schedule but takes on freight whenever it
[From Middle Low German trampen.]
* To go from one place to another; journey.
* To advance or proceed.
* To move swiftly.
* The act of traveling.
[From Old French travailler, to toil.]
TRAVELER OR TRAVELLER
The person that travels
* A series of journeys.
* A person without a permanent home who moves from place to place;
* A tramp; vagrant.
[From Late Latin vagÂłbundus, wandering.]
* One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or
* One who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance.
* Wandering from place to place; roving.
* Moving in a random fashion.
[Probably from Old French wacrer, wander, of Germanic origin.]
Vagabondo - Giramondo - Italian possible
translation of Hobo