Tramper

Word TRAMPER
Character 7
Hyphenation tramp er
Pronunciations /ˈtɹæmpɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Tramper"

What do we mean by tramper?

One who tramps.

A recreational hiker.

A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors.

A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tramper

The word "tramper" in example sentences

The day that the English - or Scots or Welsh - tramper can cross the moors of his native Britain without fear of impediment from game-preserving landowners or their hirelings, that day will the Devil be finally foiled and the spirit of Wild Edric be liberated for ever from its dungeon beneath the Stiperstones. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stowing away on a tramper bound for Leopoldville as was, he evaded the attentions of a colonial government ill disposed towards stray white missionaries, and attached himself to a remote community of friars dedicated to bringing the One True Faith to the two hundred-odd tribes of the Eastern Congo, an ambitious commitment at any time. ❋ Le Carre, John, 1931- (2006)

The rain still fell, and the ground beneath my feet was wet and miry; in short, it was a night in which even a tramper by profession would feel more comfortable in being housed than abroad. ❋ Unknown (2004)

“Every one of those wild fellows,” said I to myself, “is worth a dozen of the poor mean-spirited book-tramper I have lately been discoursing with.” ❋ Unknown (2004)

The tramper Synge is looking for you, he said, to murder you. ❋ Unknown (2003)

I will venture the assertion that the long-distance tramper - not even excepting Brother ❋ Thomas Dykes Beasley (N/A)

Also try to avoid looking like a tramp, which is quite different from looking like a tramper. ❋ Claude H. Miller (N/A)

These beds change their occupants, perhaps, every night; for a tramper seldom sleeps two consecutive nights in the same place. ❋ Various (N/A)

Only think of the beautiful Lady Cassilis who eloped with a belted knight, being reduced to the level of a hedge-tramper, and interchanging caresses with a caird! ❋ Various (N/A)

It suddenly dawned on me that in all of my boyhood experience as a hunter and tramper, I had never seen one edible beech nut in Connecticut. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The tramper, tired as he could be, at length approached, but the crowd had increased so enormously that the road was completely blocked. ❋ Edwin John Dingle (1926)

"Thought you was a common tramper, I did," said he. ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

-- The tramper Synge is looking for you, he said, to murder you. ❋ James Joyce (1911)

I met a tramper seen him coming this way at the fall of night. ❋ John Millington (1911)

He seemed to have great respect for Whitney as a tramper, and talked much of the trip, evidently having forgotten his own shortcomings of the time. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)

The tall tramper, who had been definitely abandoned by his partner, was a sad spectacle. ❋ Hamlin Garland (1900)

While we were discussing these thing around our fires at night, another tramper, thin and weak, came into camp. ❋ Hamlin Garland (1900)

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