saddle tramp

plural saddle tramps · alternative saddle-tramp · alternative saddletramp

1. USderogatoryidiomaticIn the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.

   But I hope you don't have eyes for that saddletramp. He won't be around very long.

   1990, Janelle Taylor, chapter 15, in Follow the Wind, →ISBN

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   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)

   Tina continued, “One day this saddle tramp showed up and wanted to work for a meal. . . . After he ate and discovered that there were no men in the house, he started making lewd remarks and giving us lascivious looks.”

   2014, Robert J. Gossett, chapter 29, in Two Wanted Men in the Old West, →ISBN

   Synonyms: saddle bum