hodophant

hodophant
A person who with an unkempt, scabrous appearance and a shambling gait goes begging from car to car at a stoplight.
The word derives from the Greek hodos, road or way, and phanein, to appear.
It echoes the word sycophant.

The stoplights of San Juan are plagued with hodophants.


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  • hodophant — A person who with an unkempt, scabrous appearance and a shambling gait goes begging from car to car at a stoplight. The word derives from the Greek hodos, road or way, and phanein, to appear. It echoes the word sycophant. The stoplights of San… …   Dictionary of american slang

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