I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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I kept falling asleep at the wrong time like an old tramp .
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The old tramp has served his purpose, but beyond this point it would not be wise to go.
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In front of them, leaning against the stump of a tree, was an old , unshaven tramp .
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Zali sloped along like an old tramp .
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He remembered an old tramp he used to watch down by the tube station near where he lived.
■ VERB
look
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But even with this restricted view, he didn't really look like a tramp .
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I think they look like tramps or else like footballers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An old tramp was sleeping under Waterloo Bridge, his coat wrapped tight to keep out the cold.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But what he wasn't capable of was killing that tramp .
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I kept falling asleep at the wrong time like an old tramp .
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Now, their own story-teller had shown that they were no mere bunch of tramps.
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The old tramp has served his purpose, but beyond this point it would not be wise to go.
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This tramp had money, real money and good furniture to show for her labours.
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Zali sloped along like an old tramp .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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Throughout Orwell's Wigan Pier you have a strong sense of him tramping around on foot.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dozens, hundreds, of silhouettes tramp down the road in silence.
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Hubert wanted to tramp across as many mountains as possible, and he assumed that Barbara wanted to do the same.
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In that time some twenty thousand people would tramp round the marked routes or roost in one of the twenty grandstands.
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More folk tramp along the sandy track with their paraphernalia.
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Their feet made loud sucking noises as they tramped over to the burn.
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Throughout Orwell's Wigan Pier you have a strong sense of him tramping around on foot.
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We tramped on in the darkness.
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You can also tramp the Earthquake Trail, which tracks evidence of geologic activity.