mission stiff

English

Noun

mission stiff (plural mission stiffs)

  1. (slang) A tramp or vagrant who often frequents missions or charitable organizations for food and shelter.
    • 1982, Douglas A. Harper, Good Company, A Tramp Life, page 21:
      At the bottom is the mission stiff, no longer able to make it on the outside.
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