Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saddle tramp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: sad-dle -tramp
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

American usage; Derogatory

Example Sentences

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

Usage

American usage
Derogatory

Inflected Forms

saddle tramps (plural) saddle-tramp (alternative) saddletramp (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

drifter

Synonyms

saddle bum

Questions

What does saddle tramp mean?: In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.

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