Why this word is great
BINDLESTIFF — [Noun] A hobo or tramp who carries a bedroll or bundle of possessions. From bindle (a bundle or bedroll carried by a traveler, likely from Scottish dialectal 'bindle', a cord for binding) + stiff (slang for a fellow, especially a vagrant). Unlike a "tramp," a general term for a footsore wanderer, or a "vagabond," which carries a whiff of romantic wandering, a bindlestiff is defined by his tangible, portable anchor. He is the silhouette against a dawn freight, the careful untying of a flour-sack roll to reveal a tin cup and a spare shirt, the wearer of a coat whose shoulder is worn thin from the constant rub of the stick. To be a bindlestiff is to understand that home is not a place but a thing you can, and must, carry, until the carrying itself becomes the destination.