English

Alternative forms

• saddle-tramp, saddletramp

Noun

saddle tramp ‎(plural saddle tramps)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, derogatory) In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.
   • 1987, George Bowering, Caprice (2010 New Star edition), ISBN 9781554200801, (Google preview):

     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.

   • 1990, Janelle Taylor, Follow the Wind, ISBN 9781420127386, ch. 15 (Google preview):

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

   • 2014, Robert J. Gossett, Two Wanted Men in the Old West, ISBN 9781496938695, ch. 29 (Google preview):

     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.”

Synonyms

• saddle bum

See also

• drifter