Usually means: Homeless wanderers, often seeking work.
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  1. hobos: Merriam-Webster
  2. hobos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hobos: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hobos: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hobo's, Hobos, hobo's, hobos: Wordnik
  6. hobos: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hobos: Wiktionary
  8. Hobos, hobos: Dictionary.com
  9. hobos: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. The Hobos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hobos: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hobos: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. HOBOS: Acronym Finder

(Note: See hobo as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hobo)

noun:  (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
noun:  (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
noun:  A kind of large handbag.
verb:  (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
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