trampish

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/ˈtɹæmpɪʃ/

adjective

Like a tramp (homeless person); scruffy.

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Meanings

adjectivetrampish (comparative more trampish, superlative most trampish)

comparative more trampish · superlative most trampish

  1. Like a tramp (homeless person); scruffy.

    He heard Rogers' voice raised in the reception room; he stepped to the doorway and saw his servitor arguing with an elderly and trampish man who had got in somehow.

    1927, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 200, page 150

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unkempt

Origin

From tramp + -ish.

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Cite this entry
APA

trampish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trampish

MLA

“trampish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trampish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trampish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trampish.

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