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saddle-tramp

saddle-tramp is the alternative form of saddle tramp.

Meaning of saddle tramp

Noun

saddle tramp (plural saddle tramps)

  1. (US, derogatory, idiomatic) In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.
    • She allowed her fancy to play with the idea of staying in Fairfield, of forgetting her bitter quest. . . . But she was not a schoolteacher. . . . She was what some people called a saddle tramp.1987, George Bowering, Caprice (2010 New Star edition), (Google preview)
    Synonyms:
    saddle bum

Forms of saddle-tramp

pluralsaddle-tramps

Questions about saddle-tramp

What is saddle-tramp the alternative form of?
Saddle-tramp is the alternative form of saddle tramp.

Words near saddle-tramp in the dictionary

  1. saddle-oxforded
  2. saddle-shaped tricholoma
  3. saddle-shaped tricholomas
  4. saddle-shoed
  5. saddle-sick
  6. saddle-tramp
  7. saddle-tramps
  8. saddle-tree
  9. saddle-trees
  10. saddleback
  11. saddleback caterpillar

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