bindlestiff

Slang definitions & phrases for bindlestiff

bindlestiff

noun
  1. A migrant harvest worker, esp a hobo with his bindle: I was a bindlestiff. That's the class that will do some work once in a while
  2. Any hobo or derelict

[1900s+; fr bindle, ''blanket-roll, bundle,'' and stiff, ''worker, migratory worker'']