Tag : bum

This morning on my way to work, I walked past a parked armored car. While it was sitting there, a bum walked up to it and put his eye right up next to the passenger door’s keyhole and stared for a while. This is what he saw…

In an ongoing effort here at Synapticblur to clarify types of bums, we present a quiz that helps distinguish the three main classes of wanderers: the tramps, the vagrants, and the vagabonds. Sometimes, a person can even be multiple or all three types. The answer key is below.

1. One who rides upon a freight train of a railroad without a permit

2. One who acts suspiciously around a steamboat landing

3. Drunk who begs for or demands sugar

4. Pickpocket

5. Wandering beggar of money, food, or clothing

6. Street-walking musician

7. Thief on an omnibus

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Answers:

1. Tramp 2. Vagabond 3. Vagrant 4. Vagabond 5. Tramp, Vagrant 6. Tramp, Vagrant, Vagabond 7. Vagabond