Hacker NewsJun 15, 2025

An Introduction to the Hieroglyphic Language of Early 1900s Train-Hoppers

https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/hobo-code-introduction-hieroglyphic-language-early-1900s-train-hoppers.html

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The Hobo Code: An Introduction to the Hieroglyphic Language of Early 1900s Train-Hoppers

Many of us now use the word hobo to refer to any homeless individual, but back in the America of the late 19th and early 20th century, to be a hobo meant something more.

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Jessie JohnsonMar 16, 2024
On Berryman path around 2022 and a few months later it was gone. #hobocode