GAG: any begging trick. GALWAY: a Catholic priest. GAY-CAT: an amateur tramp who works when his begging courage fails him. GHOST-STORY: any statement or report that is not true. When told to young boys it means a "faked" story of tramp life. GRAFT: a line of business; synonymous with "spiel." GRAFTER: a pickpocket. GUN: a fellow; more or less synonymous with "bloke," "stiff," "mug," and "plug." GUY: a fellow. HAND-OUT: a bundle of food handed out to a beggar at the back door. HANG-OUT: the hobo's home. HIT THE ROAD: to go tramping. HOBO: a tramp. Derivation obscure. Farmer's "Americanisms" gives: "HO-BOY, or HAUT-BOY: a New York night-scavenger." HOISTER, or HYSTER: a shoplifter. HOOSIER: a "farmer." Everybody who does not know the world as the hobo knows it is to him a "farmer," "hoosier," or outsider. HORN, THE: a triangular extension of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, running from Red Oak, Iowa, southwest some twenty miles, and then northwest to Pacific Junction on the main line. HORSTILE: angry, unfriendly, hostile. JIGGER: a sore, artificially made, to excite sympathy. JIGGERED: "done," beaten. When used as an exclamation, as in "I'll be jiggered," it means "I'll be damned," or words to that effect. JOCKER: a tramp who travels with a boy and "jockers" him--trains him as a beggar and protects him from persecution by others. JOINT: practically, any place where tramps congregate, drink, and feel at home. KIP-HOUSE: a lodging-house. KIP TOWN: a good lodging-house town. LEATHER: a pocket-book. "To reef a leather" means that the pickpocket pulls out the lining of a pocket containing the "leather"; this is frequently the best way of capturing a pocket-book. LIGHTHOUSE: one who knows every detective by sight, and can "tip him off" to his comrades. MAIN GUY: the leader. MARK: a person or house "good" for food, clothes, or money. MEAL-TICKET: a person "good" for a meal. MONIKEY: the tramp's nickname, as "New Orleans Blackie," "Mississippi Red," etc. MOOCH: to beg; also, to "light out," "clear out." MOOCHER: a beggar. This word is the generic term for tramps in England. MUG: _noun_, a fellow; _verb_, to photograph. MUSH-FAKIR: an umbrella-mender. The umbrellas which he collects are frequently not returned. OFFICE: to "give the office" is to give a signal to a confederate. It is usually done by raising the hat. ON THE HOG: on the tramp; also, "busted," "dead broke." P. A.: Pennsylvania. PAPER: stocks and bonds. PEN: a penitentiary PENNSYLVANIA SALVE: apple-butter. PENNYWEIGHTERS: jewelry thieves.