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tramp

1 noun
     
Related topics: Sociology
tramp1 [countable]
1SS someone who has no home or job and moves from place to place, often asking for food or money
2 a long or difficult walk:
a long tramp through the snow
3 old-fashioned especially American English a woman who has too many sexual partners - used to show disapproval
4

the tramp of feet/boots

CS the sound of heavy walking:
the steady tramp of soldiers' feet
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