on the hog train

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What does on the hog train mean?

Leading a life or an existence as a tramp or a vagrant, or traveling as such.

Where does on the hog train come from?

First appears c. 1893 in the publication Railroad Trainmen's Journal.

How to pronounce on the hog train

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