| Bums |
| Tramps |
| Vagrants |
| Drifters? |
| Runagates |
| Landlopers |
| Rail riders |
| Bindlestiffs |
| Bindle stiffs |
| Boxcar hoppers |
| Roads scholars |
| Bindle carriers |
| Kings of the road |
| Beggars of a sort |
| Depression stereotypes |
| Cross-country trainers? |
| Nomads in a long John Hodgman list |